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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Russell Lee/Farm Security Administration

Young Migrant Worker

The migrant workers' conditions were deplorable. They lived in overcrowded, dilapidated cabins. Children followed their family and often worked full time.

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Image ID:	1211909
Title:	Corner of room of living quarters provided for Negro strawberry pickers near Independence, Louisiana, April 1939.
Source:	Russell Lee.
Name:	Lee, Russell (1903- ) - Photographer
Name:	United States. Farm Security Administration () - Sponsor
Created:	April 1939
Location:	Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Subjects:	African American agricultural laborers
	African American boys
	African Americans -- Housing
	Glass kerosene lamps
	Independence (La.)
	Interiors
	Shoes

Keywords:	Children - United States
	Great Migration, 1940-1970
	Housing - United States
	Migrant Workers