"People were organized when Christ was on Earth": the role of religion in support of textile mill strikers in Spartanburg County, South Carolina : 2005 Dec. ; [typescript] / Alexis Thompson.

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"People were organized when Christ was on Earth": the role of religion in support of textile mill strikers in Spartanburg County, South Carolina : 2005 Dec. ; [typescript] / Alexis Thompson.

Essay re the push for unionization and organization of labor among textile mill workers during the 1930s in Spartanburg County, S.C., and the workers' use of Christianity and the Bible as justification for their activism. Topics discussed include the role of local newspapers in unionization, the General Textile Mill Strike of 1934, and the Baptist churches of Spartanburg mill towns.

1 folder (20 sheets) : map ; 28 cm.

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