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OPERATION DIXIE

Black leaf house workers in eastern N.C. unionized in 1946. First pro-union vote, at tobacco factory 1 block W., precursor to civil rights movement.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

Black leaf house workers in eastern N.C. unionized in 1946. First pro-union vote, at tobacco factory 1 block W., precursor to civil rights movement.

Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID E118)

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