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Charleston Hospital Strike, 1969

 File — Box: 1601, Folder: 123
Identifier: V

Scope and Contents

Consists of documents related to the 1969 strike of African American hospital workers at the Medical College of South Carolina Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. Contents include notes of E.T. Kehrer on strike organizing, a collection of newspapers articles on the strike created by the healthcare workers' union Local 1199, and an edition of Local 1199's monthly magazine containing reports on the strike and statements by Coretta Scott King, one of the strike organizers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research use.

Extent

1 Folder(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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