- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- The Scripto Strikes
- Creator:
- Thompson, Joseph M.
- Date of Original:
- 2021-12-21
- Subject:
- Georgia--Race relations--History--20th century
African American neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta
Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)
Civil rights movements--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- From 1931 to 1977, Scripto Inc. occupied a factory complex just east of downtown Atlanta. The company employed hundreds of Black Atlantans, primarily women, who manufactured ink pens, mechanical pencils, and cigarette lighters. During the factory’s tenure in the city, those women repeatedly organized to fight for higher wages, better positions, and an end to discrimination based on race and gender. These efforts were a significant precursor to the activism that would come to define the civil rights movement.
All topics: Civil Rights & Modern Georgia, Since 1945, Early 20th-Century Topics, History & Archaeology, Mid- to Late 20th Century Topics, Progressive Era to WWII, 1900-1945
GSE identifier: SS8H10, SS8H11 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/the-scripto-strikes/
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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