Source-Dependent Questions
- Look closely at the photo. What do you notice about the young people picking cotton?
- Why would January be the month that some sharecropping children were able to go to school?
Citation Information
Shahn, Ben, "Young cotton picker, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Schools for colored children do not open until January 1st so as not to interfere with cotton picking," October 1935. Courtesy of Library of Congress