Charleston sanitation strike
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| Part of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina | |||
| Date | August 15, 1969 – October 29, 1969 | ||
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The Charleston sanitation strike was a more than two-month movement in Charleston, South Carolina, that protested the pay and working conditions of Charleston's overwhelmingly African-American sanitation workers.
From March to June 1969, the 1969 Charleston hospital strike had brought several national leaders of the Civil Rights Movement to Charleston.