Lest We Forget by Ben Shahn

Lest We Forget, a 1937 painting by Ben Shahn, which depicts organizers for the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union and highlights anti-union violence in Marked Tree (Poinsett County).

Painting white man overalls with sign "Let's unite farm labor board or else marked tree"

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Agricultural Issues and Controversies / Agriculture / Land and Resources

Type

Thing

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