Memphis, United States

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City of Memphis Fireman and son

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Passengers waiting for the bus at the Memphis terminal

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Travelers' aid desk at the Memphis bus terminal

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Waiting for a bus at the Memphis station

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Waiting for a bus at the Memphis station

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Waiting for a bus at the Memphis station

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. M.P. (Military Police) on duty at the bus station at Memphis, Tennessee

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. At travelers' aid desk in the bus terminal at Memphis, Tennessee. Servicemen ask for help in finding rooms, quickest route to get home, etc.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Sixteen year-old baggage clerk at the Memphis bus station. He goes to school in the daytime and works from four till twelve

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Sixteen year-old baggage clerk at the Memphis bus station. He goes to school in the daytime and works from four till twelve

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. At travelers' aid desk in the bus terminal at Memphis, Tennessee. Servicemen ask for help in finding rooms, quickest route to get home, etc.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Waiting for the bus at the Memphis terminal

Part of the daily lineup outside the State Employment Service Office. Memphis, Tennessee

Colored laborers in Memphis, waiting at daylight in hopes of being transported to a cotton plantation for cotton chopping. Memphis, Tennessee

H.L. Mitchell, Secretary of Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Union headquarters, Memphis, Tennessee

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

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

Under the "for rent" sign, through the door, one flight up, is the headquarters of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Memphis, Tennessee

Looking down Union Avenue. Memphis, Tennessee

Looking down Union Avenue. Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season. Truck drivers are paid by the planters and serve as "runners" to recruit the men. Trucks leave at five o'clock in the morning for the Arkansas Delta plantations.

"Coon dawgling." Memphis, Tennessee

Calvary Episcopal Church and Parish House