Protest at Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company, 1946

Date Uploaded: 06/14/2024

This photograph shows members of the United Tobacco Workers Local 22 union striking on a picket line at the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, N.C. in June of 1946. The picket line grew as supportive employees from other Reynolds plants joined during their lunch hours.

Image used courtesy of the Forsyth County Public Library, Winston-Salem, N.C.

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Jones, Frank. Protest at Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company, 1946. August 23, 1946. Photograph. Digital Forsyth. Accessed February 20, 2026.

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Jones, Frank. Protest at Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company, 1946. August 23, 1946. Photograph. Digital Forsyth. Accessed February 20, 2026.