calsfoundation@cals.org
February 21, 2011
The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, a private agricultural advocacy group formed in 1931, was a segregated organization until the mid-1960s. Shown here is a group of 1940s members of the Negro Division of the Federation, which was formed in 1948. The Negro Division, which pursued a similar platform as its white counterpart, was organized by John Gammon Jr. of Crittenden County. Gammon remained president of the segregated group until its dissolution and merger with the parent group in 1966.