Southern Tenant Farmers' Union

Arkansas farm workers listening to the speaker at a meeting of the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union; circa 1934.

Mixed race crowd listening to speaker

From the Southern Tenant Farmers Union Records #3472, Southern Historical Collection, courtesy of the Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Poverty

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