Cotton Strikers Night Meeting Kern County 1939

A night street meeting of cotton strikers unfolds in Kern County, California, in November 1939. These laborers engaged in a dispute over pay, earning seventy-five cents per 100 pounds of cotton while demanding one dollar. In 1910, cotton growers in nearby Imperial County sought labor from the Southwest for the higher rate, reflecting labor dynamics in Californias agriculture. This image is part of the FSA/OWI Collection.

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