Black farmers sleeping in Negro camp room

Black farmers sleeping in Negro camp room in warehouse.
They often must remain overnight or several days before their tobacco is auctioned. Several of them are using an old tobacco basket for a pillow. Durham, North Carolina. November 1939.

Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott, 1910-1990, who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and deprivation.

Source: LOC