- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Charleston hospital workers' strike, Mother's Day march leaders
- Creator:
- The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
- Date of Original:
- 1969-05-11
- Subject:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Civil rights movements
Demonstrations
Labor movement - People:
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Moultrie, Mary Ann - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, 32.74917, -79.94202
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Mary Ann Moultrie, center, and Ralph D. Abernathy, wearing a white carnation, lead the protest march on Mother's Day in support of non-professional hospital workers on strike. Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers Union is to the left of Moultrie. Strikers demanded fair wages for female, black workers who were paid less than their white counterparts.
- Local Identifier:
- state_267_0038
- Metadata URL:
- https://localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/collection/p16817coll21/id/156
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 267, Mother's Day march Charleston SC strike, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
