Man with a camera on the picket line during a strike by Communications Workers of America members at the 6th Avenue exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone Company in Birmingham, Alabama.

Man with a camera on the picket line during a strike by Communications Workers of America members at the 6th Avenue exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone Company in Birmingham, Alabama.

In 1955, CWA members staged a successful 72-day strike against Southern Bell.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dean, Norman
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/86743

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