On the Road : The Missouri Sharecropper Protest of 1939 – Flashbak

  In January 1939,  hundreds of sharecropper families were camped out on the roadside in the Bootheel in southeastern Missouri. In the pursuit of improved conditions, many sharecroppers began to form unions, beginning in Tallapoosa County, Alabama in 1931. Landlords responded with denial, harassment and violence. The Great Depression had reduced demand for the cotton … Continue reading “On the Road : The Missouri Sharecropper Protest of 1939”

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