Communications Workers of America members pointing at a door where strikers threw eggs and smashed windows at the 6th Avenue exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone Company in Birmingham, Alabama.

They are carrying signs that reads, "C.W.A. on Strike Against Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co." and "C.W.A. on Strike Because Southern Bell Rejected Arbitration." In 1955, CWA members staged a successful 72-day strike against Southern Bell. This photograph was publishe...

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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/86783

format	Electronic
collection	Alabama Media Group Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Photographs
spellingShingle	Photographs Communications Workers of America members pointing at a door where strikers threw eggs and smashed windows at the 6th Avenue exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone Company in Birmingham, Alabama. Dean, Norman
fulltopic	Photographs Business & industry; Labor unions; Strikes; Telephone industry; Bessemer (Ala.); Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)
description	They are carrying signs that reads, "C.W.A. on Strike Against Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co." and "C.W.A. on Strike Because Southern Bell Rejected Arbitration." In 1955, CWA members staged a successful 72-day strike against Southern Bell. This photograph was published in the Birmingham News on April 9 with the following caption: "Pickets at the Sixth-av exchange of Southern Bell Telephone Co. here point to doors of the building where strikers and their sympathizers threw eggs and smashed windows early Saturday."
spelling	BN0001803_02BN0001803Communications Workers of America members pointing at a door where strikers threw eggs and smashed windows at the 6th Avenue exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone Company in Birmingham, Alabama.They are carrying signs that reads, "C.W.A. on Strike Against Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co." and "C.W.A. on Strike Because Southern Bell Rejected Arbitration." In 1955, CWA members staged a successful 72-day strike against Southern Bell. This photograph was published in the Birmingham News on April 9 with the following caption: "Pickets at the Sixth-av exchange of Southern Bell Telephone Co. here point to doors of the building where strikers and their sympathizers threw eggs and smashed windows early Saturday." 1955-04-091950-1959Dean, NormanBirmingham News55-02333Business & industry; Labor unions; Strikes; Telephone industry; Bessemer (Ala.); Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives1200 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/86783
title	Communications Workers of America members pointing at a door where strikers threw eggs and smashed windows at the 6th Avenue exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone Company in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Communications Workers of America members pointing at a door where strikers threw eggs and smashed windows at the 6th Avenue exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone Company in Birmingham, Alabama.

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