Winston-Salem in Forsyth County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Tobacco Unionism

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 28, 2014

1. Tobacco Unionism Marker

Inscription. Strike by leaf workers, mostly black and female, June 17, 1943, ½ mile W., led to seven years of labor & civil rights activism by Local 22.

Erected 2013 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-115.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Labor Unions. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 17, 1809.

Location. 36° 5.968′ N, 80° 13.727′ W. Marker is in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in Forsyth County. It is at the intersection of East 4th Street and Martin Luther King Jr Drive, on the left when traveling east on East 4th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Winston Salem NC 27101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and specifically in Piedmont Triad.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther Party (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (about 500 feet away); Winston Mutual Life Insurance Building (about 500 feet away); East Winston Library (approx. ¼ mile away); Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital (approx. ¼ mile away); Reynoldstown Historic District

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Belews Street Neighborhood (approx. half a mile away); Winston-Salem State University (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Winston-Salem.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 28, 2014

2. Tobacco Unionism Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 685 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 22, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.