In May 1914, workers walked off their jobs at Atlanta's Fulton Bag
and Cotton Mills, launching a lengthy strike that was at the heart
of the American Federation of Labor's first major attempt to
organize southern workers in over a decade. In its celebrity, the
Fulton Mills strike was the regional contemporary of the well-known
industrial conflicts in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Ludlow,
Colorado. Although ultimately unsuccessful, the strike was an
important episode in the development of the New South, and as
Clifford Kuhn demonstrates, its story sheds light on the
industrialization, urbanization, and modernization of the region.
Drawing on an extraordinary collection of sources--including
reports from labor spies and company informants, photographs,
federal investigations, oral histories, and newly uncovered records
from the old mill's vaults--Kuhn vividly depicts the strike and the
community in which it occurred. He also chronicles the struggle for
public opinion that ensued between management, workers, union
leaders, and other interested parties. Finally, Kuhn reflects on
the legacy of the strike in southern history, exploring its complex
ties to the evolving New South.
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