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Live film coverage of a successful hospital workers' strike in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1969. Shows the crucial help of Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Coretta Scott King in organizing demonstrations in support of the workers, mostly black women. Includes interviews with city officials and strik...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Foundation of Nonviolence, Icarus Films
Other Authors: Anderson, Madeline (Director, Producer), Foner, Moe, 1915- (Producer)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2014]
Subjects:
1969
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969.
Hospitals > Employees > Labor unions > South Carolina > Charleston.
African Americans > Civil rights > South Carolina > Charleston.
Women > Employment > South Carolina > Charleston.
Hôpitaux > Personnel > Syndicats > Caroline du Sud > Charleston.
Noirs américains > Droits > Caroline du Sud > Charleston.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Hospitals > Employees > Labor unions.
Race relations.
Women > Employment.
Charleston (S.C.) > Race relations.
South Carolina > Charleston.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:View this video online (Access ends January 16, 2025)
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Summary:Live film coverage of a successful hospital workers' strike in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1969. Shows the crucial help of Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Coretta Scott King in organizing demonstrations in support of the workers, mostly black women. Includes interviews with city officials and strikers.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Originally produced in 1970.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (30 min.)
Audience:9 and up.
Production Credits:Film editor, Madeline Anderson ; cameramen, Don Hunstein, Roland Mitchell.

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