Our land too: The legacy of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
- Date
1988
- Main contributor
A. Philip Randolph Institute
- Summary
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The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, an interracial organization, was formed in July 1934 in Arkansas. Black and white leaders organized farm laborers who earned 75 cents or less a day. Cotton pickers went on strike when farmers cut wages to 40 cents per hundred pounds of cotton.
- Publisher
KPI Kudzu Film and Video Productions
- Subjects
Labor unions; Agricultural laborers; Strikes and lockouts; Wages
- Location
Arkansas
- Collection
Labor
- Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Undetermined
- Terms of Use
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- Physical Description
film reels
- Notes
2014-001-RG97-003
1509 F1
AR1985-0195
This material was digitized as part of the "Advancing Workers Rights in the American South: Digitizing the Records of the AFL-CIO’s Civil Rights Division" project, supported by a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from the Mellon Foundation.
- Other Identifiers
Filename: labor-086916; Catalog Key: 31430059608622
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