Civil Right Tour Holiday Encore Full Three Hour Show for December 18, 2015

William Saunders was an organizer of the famous 1969 SEIU 1199B Healthcare Workers Strike at the Medical University of South Carolina.  He explains how the organizing process that happened in the two years leading up to the strike. 

Louise Brown was a nurse at the Medical University of South Carolina and was one of twelve nurses fired for insubordination that sparked the four month strike.

Jack Bradford was the local SEIU 1199B vice president and he shared his stories about his time working at the Medical University of South Carolina and what it was like participating in the 1969 strike.

Kerry Taylor is a local labor historian from The Citadel and on the fast part of our tour through Charleston, Kerry recalls the city's early history, Denmark Vesey's planned slave rebellion, how Hampton Park was used during the Civil War and the liberation of Beaufort, South Carolina.

In our second segment with Kerry Taylor, a historian from The Citadel, we dive into Charleston's rich labor history.  Besides the 1969 healthcare workers strike at the Medical University of South Carolina, Kerry talks about some of Charleston's other important labor actions, especially the 1944-1945 American Tobacco Cigar Factory Strike, which was the origin for the famous "I Shall Overcome" protest song.

Christine G. Nelson was a nurse at the Medical University of South Carolina and she explains how little has changed in the 45 years since the famous strike.  She was fired from her job for insubordination, but luckily she has been able to land work with the International Longshoremen Association.  

Pastor Thomas Dixon, community organizer and co-founder of The Coalition (People United to Take Back Our Community), explains how the Fight For 15, Public Transportation and Black Lives Matter are part of the modern Civil Rights Movement taking place in Charleston, South Carolina