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  • Geographic Location = Georgia
  • Decade = 1980-1989
The article highlights the inhumane working conditions and racist policies at the Samsons and Delilah manufacturing plants located in Georgia, where most of the 650 workers are African American women, and the call to action for support and solidarity with the workers who have recently voted to unionize and are facing violation of state and federal civil, rights, and labor laws by the owner, S. Lichtenburg and Company, Inc. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Samsons and Delila: Slavery in Georgia, by Benjamin F. Chavis, 1988
Date Created
1988
Description
The article highlights the inhumane working conditions and racist policies at the Samsons and Delilah manufacturing plants located in Georgia, where most of the 650 workers are African American women, and the call to action for support and solidarity with the workers who have recently voted to unionize and are facing violation of state and federal civil, rights, and labor laws by the owner, S. Lichtenburg and Company, Inc. 1 page.
Subject
Labor, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Newspaper article discussing the return of about 500 Black students in McIntosh County, Georgia to public schools following a four-week boycott. The boycott was in response to the expulsion of two Black high school students who allegedly attacked a white teacher. The boycott ended pending a decision from a federal judge on whether the two students should be reinstated. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"McIntosh Blacks End Boycott Over Students' Expulsion", February 1982
Date Created
1982-02
Description
Newspaper article discussing the return of about 500 Black students in McIntosh County, Georgia to public schools following a four-week boycott. The boycott was in response to the expulsion of two Black high school students who allegedly attacked a white teacher. The boycott ended pending a decision from a federal judge on whether the two students should be reinstated. 1 page.
Subject
African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, African American student movements, Protest movements, African Americans--Education
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Number of registered voters by years, spreadsheet with county names and years, 1960-1980. 2 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Number of Registered Voters by Years, 1980
Date Created
1980
Description
Number of registered voters by years, spreadsheet with county names and years, 1960-1980. 2 pages.
Subject
Voting, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records