Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Planting Sweet Potatoes 1939

A thirteen-year-old girl plants sweet potatoes alongside her father in Olive Hill, North Carolina, in July 1939. They work together in light-colored soil, surrounded by pine woods. This image illustrates the realities of sharecropping and child labor in the 1930s, offering a glimpse into the lives of African American families striving for a better future.

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