Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Up in Old Loray: Folkways of Violence in the Gastonia Strike
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In 1929 workers at the Loray Mills in Gastonia, North Carolina walked out on strike. In retaliation, the mill owners evicted strikers from the mill villages and cut off their credit to the company store. Tent colonies sprang up, armed strikers stalked the streets, and violence spread.
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