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Red Cross aid for the drought victims through the Leflore County Chapter, Greenwood, Mississippi

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

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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 Colored beneficiary of Red Cross in the Ozark foothills, near Damascus, Arkansas 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. King Cotton and his slaves, Greenwood, Miss. Mississippi relief work Twilight time, in the levee at Greenville, Miss., where the only shelter available is a tent, supplied by the Red Cross. Typical colored school near Shaw, Mississippi. It is held in a church. The teacher is distributing fruit sent to the Red Cross from Lake Wales, Florida [African American boy holding a piece of fruit received through the Red Cross drought relief work in Mississippi] In Mound Bayou, Mississippi, where the majority of the Red Cross drought beneficiaries were colored farmers, a Red Cross Chapter of their race handled their applications and their Red Cross food orders were filled in stores operated by members of their race American Red Cross relief work in the Mississippi Valley flood Typical colored school near Shaw, Mississippi. It is held in a church. The teacher is distributing fruit sent to the Red Cross from Lake Wales, Florida In Mound Bayou, Mississippi, where the majority of the Red Cross drought beneficiaries were colored farmers, ... Colored beneficiary of Red Cross in the Ozark foothills, near Damascus, Arkansas Group posing at street kitchen. Unidentified location Group gathered at street kitchen. Unidentified location
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