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Paper given at the Joint Meetings of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Boston University, June 7-11, 2006
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However, when Russell Lee made a series of photographs in January 1939 as “background photo[s] for Sunflower Plantation,” he shot only white tenants. This was consistent with the project, which was white. What happened to the black hands who had lived there before the government took it over? |
Tenant farm family living near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation. Russell Lee, Jan. 1939. LC-USF34-032066-D ?
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Son of tenant farmer in corner of living room. Pace, Mississippi. Background photo, Sunflower Plantation. Russell Lee, Jan. 1939. LC-USF34-032042-D
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Tenant farmer being interviewed by FSA (Farm Security Administration) Family Section agent, near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation. Russell Lee. Jan. 1939. LC-USF34-032056-D
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Wife of tenant farmer cleaning kitchen near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation. Russell Lee, Jan. 1939. LC-USF34-032059-D ?
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Quilting in sharecropper's home near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation. Russell Lee, Jan. 1939. LC-USF34-032038-D
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