In the late summer of 1934, the small mill town of Honea Path, South Carolina, found itself caught in the grip of a nationwide labor dispute that would tragically claim the life of 26-year-old Ira Davis. The General Textile Strike had swept across the country, and by September, tensions in Honea Path were at a boiling point. Workers at the Chiquola Mill, seeking better wages and working conditions, had joined the strike, forming a picket line outside the facility. This act of protest was met wit
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