Now 77 in the state of South Carolina, and the 43rd in Charleston County. "The Cigar Factory began as a textile mill and then eventually became a cigar factory in 1903 and was active for many ...

According to the National Park Service, Charleston Cigar Factory workers, who were also Food, Tobacco and Allied Workers (FTA) union members, picketed and staged sit-down strikes in front of the ...

Michele Moore’s new novel, The Cigar Factory: A Novel of Charleston, pulls the curtain back on a history that is often overlooked — that of working class Charleston in the early 20th century.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D, S.C.-06), is praising the recent decision to designate the Charleston Cigar Factory as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department ...

Charleston, S.C. (WCBD) – It’s Wednesday and that means it is time to explore the history that surrounds the Lowcountry. This week, we head to downtown Charleston to learn about The Cigar Factory.

The owners of the Cigar Factory in downtown Charleston have refinanced the loan on the landmark office and retail building. As part of the $50 million transaction, one of the original financiers ...

An award-winning author is traveling to town on Thursday evening to deliver a reading from her first novel set in the 1940s about families working for a cigar factory in Charleston, South Carolina ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The United States Department of the Interior recognized 19 landmarks nationwide, including a former factory building in downtown Charleston. The former Cigar Factory, located at ...

The White House officially designated the Charleston Cigar Factory on East Bay as a national historic landmark. The Department of the Interior's highest recognition of historical, architectural ...

The building was pivotal in Southern labor activism during the mid-20th century as African-American workers at the Charleston Cigar Factory, who were also Food, Tobacco and Allied Workers union ...

Charleston Cigar Factory, the site of a months-long strike in 1945 and 1946 led by Black women workers, has being recognized as a National Historic Landmark, ...