The cigar factory : a novel of Charleston / Michele Moore ; foreword by Pat Conroy.
Cassie McGonegal and herniece Brigid work upstairs in the factory rolling cigars by hand. Meliah Amey Ravenel works in the basement, where she stems the tobacco. While both white and black workers suffer in the harsh working conditions of the factory and both endure the sexual harassment of the foremen, segregation keeps them from recognizing their common plight until the Tobacco Workers Strike of 1945. Through the experience of a brutal picket line, the two women come to realize how much they stand to gain by joining forces, creating a powerful moment in labor history that gives rise to the Civil Rights anthem, ٢We Shall Overcome.٣
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- ISBN: 1611175909
- ISBN: 9781611175905
- Physical Description: xxi, 273 pages ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Univ of South Carolina Pr, 2016.
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