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Textile strikers, mostly women, stand in crowd with signs such as "We want a contract" and "More money means better living conditions"
Textile strikers (1934). (Photo: Georgia State University Library)

Southern Textile Strike.

1934

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Textile strikers (1934). (Photo: Georgia State University Library)

In 1934, a year after the start of the New Deal and the creation of the National Recovery Administration (NRA), textile workers across the United States go on strike, starting in North Carolina.

The strike lasts three weeks and includes half a million workers, making it one of the largest in U.S. history. Fifteen picketers are killed and many others are wounded.