Negroes fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni, Miss. Delta (LOC)
Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.
Negroes fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni, Miss. Delta
1939 Oct.
1 slide : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Fishing
African Americans
United States--Mississippi--Belzoni
Format: Slides--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-8 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34332
Call Number: LC-USF35-107
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space.riot, belasco, k.m.m., taz or be tazzed, and 27 other people added this photo to their favorites.
bf53490 (59 months ago | reply)
I live in the south and there are still a lot of people that like to sit on a pond or lake all day. Its a form on relaxation and a cheap way to de-stress even if you don't catch one fish.
taz or be tazzed (59 months ago | reply)
"Negroes" ? Somebody needs to sort that madness out.
HugeRedBear (59 months ago | reply)
"Somebody" needs to stop huffing the Political Correctness gas.
It has that title because that is what the photograph was titled at the TIME. It is a dishonor to all those who fought and died for civil rights to erase the unpleasant TRUTH of the past.
If you hide the past that is today considered disagreeable in time people will forget all the hard work to move forward. There will be back sliding and repetition of mistakes. And then everything gained is imperiled.
You already see it in urban culture. Would MLK allow for the "musicians" (I put it in quotes 'cause many of them are far more interested in begging for attention than creating art) that use the various N-words to refer to each other? Never. These people grew up with most of the battles won. They've forgotten and/or compartmentalized their past and have no problem disrespecting and hurting their communities.
Political correctness is best, like all things, in moderation.
shesajoy (49 months ago | reply)
Thank you, HugeRedBear!
Devin Brines (14 months ago | reply)
MLK said "negroes" a thousand times.