| Charleston hospital strike | |||
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| Part of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina | |||
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| Date | March 19, 1969 – June 27, 1969 | ||
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President of 1199B
National Figure SCLC members Governor of South Carolina President of Medical College Hospital
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The Charleston hospital strike was a two-month movement in Charleston, South Carolina that protested the unfair and unequal treatment of African American hospital workers. Protests began after twelve black employees were fired for voicing their concerns to the president of Medical College Hospital, which is now the Medical University of South Carolina. The strike was one of the last campaigns of the civil rights movement in South Carolina, and the first of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. the year before.