Child picking cotton in the 1940s.

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   D. Elisabeth Glassco (deglassco@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 06:07:55 JST D. Elisabeth Glassco

   The Mississippi Delta in the early 20th century was America’s raw edge—a place where history and economy, race and labor, collided with a ferocity that shaped the American story. To those who labored in the humid summers of that region, the fields seemed endless, stretching out flat and wide like a white and green ocean under the sun.

   Image: A child picking cotton outside McGhee, Arkansas in the 1940s.

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