Date Original
1936
Description
This collection contains a report written by the Works Progress Administration office in Little Rock, Arkansas regarding complaints by sharecroppers in eastern Arkansas in 1936.
Biographical/Historical Note
In 1936 the Works Progress Administration in Little Rock wrote a report regarding complaints by sharecroppers in Cross County, Arkansas. In December 1935 Mr. C.H. Dibble, a Cross County, Arkansas farmer, forcibly evicted sixteen sharecroppers from his farm. Dibble took this action after receiving a certified letter from a Memphis attorney in which he learned these sharecroppers had joined the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Little Rock, Pulaski County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.063.009
Resource Type
Text
Collection
W.P.A. sharecropper evictions report, SMC.064.009
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
W.P.A. sharecropper evictions report, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
