On May 8, the Forsyth County Historic Resources Commission will unveil a historic marker remembering the R.J.R. labor strikes in the 1940s. The markers honor members of Local 22 of
A permanent tribute to workers whose strike led to the formation of a landmark union now stands at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fourth Street. A
Twenty years before the now-famous March on Washington, workers in Winston-Salem were fighting for their rights through Local 22 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations
When the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther Party was founded 43 years ago, the city was a very different place. Party members who fought for better conditions, services and
