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Colored beneficiary of Red Cross in the Ozark foothills, near Damascus, Arkansas

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[1930 Or 1931]
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  1. African Americans
  2. Arkansas
  3. Disaster Victims
  4. Health & Welfare
  5. Photographic Prints
  6. Portrait Photographs

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Colored beneficiary of Red Cross in the Ozark foothills, near Damascus, Arkansas Red Cross aid for the drought victims through the Leflore County Chapter, Greenwood, Mississippi The roof over his head was saved by the Red Cross, and his food and seeds for his garden plot also were from the Red Cross. Albert Wetherspoon, 70 year-old colored man, is a beneficiary of the drought relief work. A foreclosure on his little farm was put off through Red Cross intervention Greenville, Miss., Negroes waiting on levee for vaccination Red Cross Chapter Committee, 100 per cent colored, of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, passing upon the application of a woman of their race Study of a colored child, a beneficiary of the Red Cross drought relief work in Mississippi Study of a colored child, a beneficiary of the Red Cross drought relief work in Mississippi Some colored beneficiaries of the Red Cross drought relief work near Cleveland, Miss. [African American man waiting for Red Cross garden seed in Cleveland, Mississippi] Uncle gets some citrus fruit to pep up his appetite, Cleveland, Miss. Flood refugees, Arkansas Flood refugee camp, Forrest City, Ark Negro flood refugees lined up and waiting for food in Forrest City, Arkansas camp; Feb. 1937 Group posing at street kitchen. Unidentified location Group gathered at street kitchen. Unidentified location [Ernest Green, head-and-shoulders portrait, shows textbooks to young African American children, after his first full day at Little Rock Central High School] Ark Buisness [i.e., Business] Me[n]s League 1905 [New York City Mayor Robert Wagner greeting the teenagers who integrated Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas] Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stuart, (seated) of Hempstead County, Arkansas, are shown reading the news about their good fortune in becoming the first Negro family in the nation to receive a farm housing loan, authorized by the Housing Act of 1949, which Congress passed last summer. The Stuarts are the owners of an 80-acre farm near Ozan and lost their home by fire recently. Mrs. Nancy McFadden, mother of Mr. Stuart, is pointing out the story in the newspaper Negro students receive scholarships
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