Clarence Miller (activist)
Clarence Miller was a 20th-century American labor activist who, as a member of the Young Communist League USA, participated in the 1926 Passaic textile strike and the 1929 Loray Mill strike, in which he and six other labor leaders were found guilty of murder.
Clarence Miller (among the 16 prisoners in this photo from International Labor Defense magazine)
The Loray Mill strike of 1929 in Gastonia, North Carolina, was a notable strike action in the labor history of the United States. Though largely unsuccessful in attaining its goals of better working conditions and wages, the strike was considered successful in a lasting way; it caused an immense controversy which gave the labor movement momentum in the South.
Loray Mill c. 1908
Two young girls working at the mill in 1908
An International Labor Defense magazine depicting the sixteen prisoners
The Loray Mill in 2013