African American Sharecropper and Child Louisiana 1939

An African American sharecropper and a child work in Louisiana during January 1939. The Transylvania Project aimed to improve agricultural practices for impoverished farmers. Sharecropping, a common system in the South, allowed landless individuals to farm land in exchange for a portion of the crop. This image offers insight into rural life and agricultural challenges of the era.

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