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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

Greenville, United States

Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale, United States

Sharecropper child near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale, United States

Cotton hoer. Coahoma County, Mississippi

Coahoma County, United States

Main street. Drew, Mississippi

Drew, United States

Chamber of Commerce sign. Drew, Mississippi

Drew, United States

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

Memphis, United States

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

Memphis, United States

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

Memphis, United States

Fuel station on the Aldridge Plantation. Mississippi

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

Louisiana Negress

Turpentine worker's home. Georgia

Turpentine "stiller" near Valdosta, Georgia

Valdosta, United States