In the late summer of 1934, the quiet mill town of Honea Path, South Carolina, became the setting for a tragic chapter in American labor history, culminating in the death of Thomas Yarborough, a 53-year-old male weaver and union organizer. The incident, which would come to be known as the Chiquola Mill Massacre or 'Bloody Thursday,' unfolded against the backdrop of the Great Depression and a massive, nationwide textile workers' strike. Workers were protesting harsh conditions and low wages, and
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