- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- General Textile Worker's Strike
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1934-09-17
- Subject:
- Strikes--United States
Strikes--Georgia--Newnan
Textile industry strikes--Georgia--Newnan
Textile industry unions--Georgia
Textile industry unions--United States
Labor unions--Georgia
Labor unions--United States
Organizations--Georgia
Organizations--United States
Employee rights--Georgia
Employee rights--United States
Employees--Georgia
Industry--Georgia--Newnan
Commercial organizations--Georgia--Newnan
Textile industry--Georgia--Newnan
Textile industry--United States
Textile mill workers--Georgia
Card games--Georgia--Atlanta
Playing cards--Georgia--Atlanta
Blankets
Law enforcement--Georgia--Atlanta
Sheriffs--Georgia
Hats--1930-1940
Clothing and dress--1930-1940
Detention facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Forts and fortifications--United States
Fort McPherson (Ga.)
Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934)
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Coweta County, Newnan, 33.38067, -84.79966
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of picketers detained at Fort McPherson army base in Atlanta, Georgia after a labor disturbance at a textile mill in Newnan, Georgia.
On Labor Day in 1934, textile workers in the northeast and southeast began a strike against their treatment by employers at the mills. In response to the strike 72,000 southern textile workers were blacklisted from the mills. The strike led to the formation of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) in 1939. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.148.03
ahc082148003a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/974
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
