PurpleHull Pea Festival Tiller Race

R. J. Hughey of Stephens (Ouachita County), participating in the kids’ division of the World Championship Rotary Tiller Race at the Emerson PurpleHull Pea Festival; 2002.

Black boy Smiling and running with small tiller on dirt track with audience watching

Photo by Kelly Quinn

Media

Time Period

Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform (1968–2022)

Type

Event

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Male

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