We Paved the Way by O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight (Paperback Book)

University Press of Mississippi

In the spring of 1969, hundreds of workers, all Black and mostly female, went on strike at Medical College Hospital and Charleston County Hospital to protest racial discrimination, low wages, and the marginalization of their dignity. The movement began with an incident of wrongful termination in 1967 involving five Black women at Medical College Hospital that uncovered the pervasiveness of racial and economic discrimination at both hospitals. The termination sparked outrage among other hospital workers who, with support from local community leaders, organized a movement that galvanized the city, state, and nation. \n We Paved the Way: Black Women and the Charleston Hospital Workers\u2019 Campaign explores this campaign in the context of a broader protest tradition, revealing it to be a\n\nWe Paved the Way\nBlack Women and the Charleston Hospital Workers' Campaign\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked service;