1969 Charleston hospital strike

Charleston hospital strike
Part of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina
Date	March 19, 1969 – June 27, 1969
Location	Charleston, South Carolina
Caused by	Pay inequality Racial discrimination in the workforce Racial segregation within the hospital
Resulted in	Increase of pay for African-American hospital employees More equitable policies for employees
Parties
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1199 Healthcare Union State of South Carolina South Carolina National Guard Medical College Hospital Charleston County
Lead figures
President of 1199B Mary Moultrie National Figure Coretta Scott King SCLC members Ralph Abernathy Andrew Young Governor of South Carolina Robert Evander McNair President of Medical College Hospital Dr. William McCord

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.