Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos

Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi

These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Children of the Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi

This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation but works for wages of one dollar a day. He estimated that he worked about 190 days during 1936. Near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Sharecropper cabin. Coahoma County, Mississippi

Cotton sharecropper. She was born "two years before the surrender." Mississippi

Cotton sharecropper. She was born "two years before the surrender." Mississippi

Stern wheeler pulled up to the municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi

Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Sharecropper child near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Cotton hoer. Coahoma County, Mississippi

Main street. Drew, Mississippi

Chamber of Commerce sign. Drew, Mississippi

Cotton hoers from Memphis, Tennessee are carried by trucks to the Arkansas plantations

These cotton hoers work only seasonally on the plantations. The rest of the year they live on odd jobs and relief. Memphis, Tennessee

Church on the Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi

Wife of tractor driver on the Aldridge Plantation. Mississippi

Colored tractor driver and empty cabin on mechanized cotton plantation. Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi

Tractor and driver on the Aldridge Plantation. Mississippi

Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area which was flooded in the spring of 1937. They escaped in a boat

Mississippi grocery store

Arkansas cafe

Fish restaurant for colored in the quarter cotton hoers are recruited. Memphis, Tennessee