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(CIVIL RIGHTS—TENNESSEE.)
To the Voters of Hamilton County,
Which Do You Want? . . . Remember
the Republicans in 1932.
Pictorial
Poster, 12
1
⁄
2
x 9
1
⁄
2
inches.
Tennessee, 1956
[400/600]
A poster showing a black family in a brand new
Cadillac convertible, contrasted with a destitute
black man, next to a junk wagon. “Plenty With
Democrats, Nothing With Republicans.”
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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) United Textile Workers, Young Socialist League, etc..
Negroes Lead U.T W. Activities.
Large gelatin silver print photograph, 15
1
⁄
2
x 18
3
⁄
4
inches; small pieces of paper attached at the corners on the reverse.
Np, circa 1930’s
[600/800]
It is likely that this demonstration was part of the great strike of 1934. The Textile Workers’
Strike of 1934 was the largest strike in the labor history of the United States at the time. It
involved 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S.
Southern states and lasted twenty-two days. From the signs carried here, it seem as though
scabs and strike-breakers had killed one of the strikers. The placards carry a subtext of the
Socialist Party. The Communist and Socialist Parties made significant attempts to rally the
African American community during the decades of the Great Depression. Despite its support
for black workers and civil rights in general, the American Communist Party was roundly
rejected as “un-American” by the majority of the conservative African American community.
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