Topics Related to Labor

CCC camps were established as a New Deal relief measure. Camp John Rock, among first, operated here, 1933-36.

A strike in 1929 at the Loray Mill, 200 yards S., left two dead and spurred opposition to labor unions statewide.

Cannon Mills president, 1921-1962; advanced the marketing of textiles. Civic leader and health care benefactor. Grave is one mile south.

Est. 1837 as manual labor school by Presbyterians; now liberal arts college. Was integrated in 1962, coeducational since 1972.

Landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, March 1971, prohibited discriminatory practices by employers. Plaintiffs were Black employees of plant in Eden.

Strike by leaf workers, mostly black & female, June 17, 1943, 1/2 mile W., led to seven years of labor & civil rights activism by Local 22.

As forerunners of state community colleges, 1958-1963, boosted vocational training. First in N.C. operated 200 yards E.

Editor and publisher of the Progressive Farmer, 1903-1954. Social and agricultural reformer. Lived 400 yards S.E.

Home economist. From 1911 to 1937 she organized and led N.C.'s home demonstration program. Lived here.

Textile mill 100 yds. N.E. target of strike, 1958-61. Effort failed, led to bombings that bolstered antiunionism.