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Isaiah Bennett, detail image from theUnion Voice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1952, courtesy of theAvery Research Center.

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John McCray, ca. 1945, courtesy of Avery Reserach Center.

Leaflet urging picketers to participate in an economic boycott of American Tobacco Company products, issued by the FTA-CIO, ca. 1945, New York City, New York, courtesy of Avery Research Center.

Publicity flyer asking the public to boycott American Tobacco Company products, listing union demands and specific products.

Local 15 representative meeting with the Cigar Factory's company chairman, ca. 1950, courtesy of Georgia State University, Southern Labor Archives.

Local 15 union meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, detail image from American Tobacco Worker, June 1948, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Local 15 union members at the Cigar Factory, Charleston, South Carolina, detail image from FTA News, March 1948, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Page from Union News, Local 15 union newspaper, featuring a photograph of Isaiah Bennett, July 1952, courtesy of Avery Research Center.

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Selection from an illustration and description of Baga rice cultivation from log by Captain Samuel Gamble on a slave ship Sandown, 1793-94, courtesy of National Maritime Museum.

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Selection from interview with Lucia Cordero by Marina Lopez, 20 November 2013, courtesy of The Citadel Oral History Program, Lowcountry Digital Library. Clip from original interview minutes 16:11-27:15.

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Strikers gathered outside a mill, with support of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Greensboro, Georgia, 1941, courtesy ofLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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