Arts and Lifestyle
Museum talk to focus on Local 22
The New Winston Museum, 713 S. Marshall St., will host “Standing Up — The Rise of Local 22,” a discussion about the city’s landmark union, on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 5:30 p.m. In 1943, African American leaf workers initiated a sit-down strike at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company during the height of Jim Crow. Local 22 proved […]