Coahoma County, Mississippi Historic photos, documents, and people

Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi. Clarence Weems, a young co-operator on the farm. He remembers the evictions in Arkansas, for his father was beaten and disappeared

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

Working in the community garden which supplies fresh vegetables to twenty-eight families at the Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Delta cooperative farm cabins and cotton. Hillhouse, Mississippi, after one year of operation

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

One of Delta cooperative farmsteads after a year of operation. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Plantation overseer. Mississippi Delta, near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Plantation owner. Mississippi Delta, near Clarksdale, Mississippi

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