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African-Americans pick cotton

Collection:: African American History
Title:: African-Americans pick cotton
Contributor to Resource:: Daily Reflector (Greenville, N.C.)
Date of Original:: 1951
Subject:: African American agricultural laborers--North Carolina--Greenville
Cotton picking--North Carolina--Greenville
Location:: United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
Medium:: negatives (photographs)
Type:: StillImage
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: African-Americans picking cotton in a field. Date from negative sleeve.
Metadata URL:: https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/2008
Language:: eng
Additional Rights Information:: Copyright held by Joyner Library. Permission to reuse this work is granted for all non-commercial purposes.
Contributing Institution:: J.Y. Joyner Library
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