OPERATION DIXIE
Black leaf house workers in eastern N.C. unionized in 1946. First pro-union vote, at tobacco factory 1 block W., precursor to civil rights movement.
E-118Nash County
Where it stands. US 301 Business (Franklin Street) at McDonald Street in Rocky Mount
Let us welcome capital and immigration, furnishing as they will be the indispensable means to our progress and prosperity. Prejudices growing out of nativity, or out of the rebellion, are not worthy to be cherished.