In the quiet town of Honea Path, South Carolina, a man named C. R. Rucker, a White male, tragically lost his life on September 6, 1934. His death was not an isolated incident but a pivotal moment in a violent clash that erupted at the Chiquola Mill. Rucker was among a group of striking textile workers who had gathered to picket the mill as part of a nationwide general textile strike. Tensions in the community had been escalating for days between the unionized strikers and those who continued to
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