Velma Hopkins American Activist
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| Birthday |
24th February, 1909
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| Died |
19th March, 1996
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Velma Hopkins (February 24, 1909 – March 19, 1996) was an American labor rights activist. In 1943 she helped organize a strike against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, which attracted over 10,000 participants from Winston-Salem, North Carolina and led to the founding of the only union to be formed by Reynolds Tobacco employees. Hopkins was a leader in Local 22, a racially integrated union led primarily by Black women. Her efforts in fighting for higher pay and fair treatment made her a leader in the African American community of Winston-Salem.
