ugafof_albany_johnnyjr johnnyjr albany ugafof yes Rev. Johnnie Johnson Jr. and the 1972 City Workers' Strike Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.) General strikes--Georgia--Albany Strikes and lockouts--Georgia--Albany Discrimination in employment--Georgia--Albany Race discrimination--Georgia--Albany Segregation--Georgia--Albany Wages--Sanitation workers--Georgia--Albany Sanitation workers--Georgia--Albany African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Albany Civil rights movements--Georgia--Albany Civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany African American men--Georgia--Albany King, C. B. (Chevene Bowers), 1923-1988 Johnson, Johnnie, 1940-2000 Johnson, Yastrzemski In the spring of 1972, the Rev. Johnnie Johnson Jr. led about 260 black sanitation workers and black employees of the water, gas, and light departments on a general strike. Throughout the 1960s, blacks who worked for the city still had faced separate and unequal working conditions: salaries lower than those of white employees doing the same work, separate restrooms and water fountains in employee facilities, even separate coffee pots based on race. As well as organizing a union, the strikers demanded better pay, fair hiring practices, and an end to workplace segregation. Freedom on Film is a component of the Civil Rights Digital Library, which received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. [Athens, Ga.] : Freedom on Film Civil Rights Digital Library Collection (Digital Library of Georgia) Freedom on Film (Project) Franklin College of Arts and Sciences 2007 Instructional materials Articles Lesson plans Teaching guides http://civilrights.uga.edu/bibliographies/albany/johnnyjr.htm Forms part of the Civil Rights Digital Library. Forms part of the Freedom on Film Learning Object Web site. 1972 Albany (Ga.) Dougherty County (Ga.) Cite as: Freedom on Film : Civil Rights in Georgia, http://civilrights.uga.edu/ For permission to use story passages or images from the Web site, contact Dr. Barbara McCaskill at bmccaski@uga.edu. 20090526 204856