Gadsden Textile Strike

The July 12th, 1934, textile workers strike at the Dwight Cotton Mill, highlighted here on the front page of the Gadsden daily newspaper, was the first in a string of strikes that led to the largest labor conflict in U.S. history.

Front-page headline about the 1934 textile strike in the Gadsden Times
Courtesy of the the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Front-page headline about the 1934 textile strike in the Gadsden Times