African American group in bean field
- Title
- African American group in bean field
- LC Subject
- African Americans Agricultural laborers Agriculture Portraits, Group
- Description
- A group of African-Americans working in a bean field near Scappoose, Oregon, led by Rev. M. C. Cheek of Guilds Lake Community Church, 1947. After the war ended, many African-Americans previously employed in Portland's shipyards sought farm work. Although relatively few in number, they were segregated into their own work platoons. Some farmers refused to employ them.
- Work Type
- negatives (photographs)
- Location
- Columbia County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1947
- Identifier
- P120:2594
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- Oregon Multicultural Archives, OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Local Collection Name
- Extension and Experiment Station Communications Photograph Collection, 1912-1997 (P 120)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Oregon Multicultural Archives OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Modified
- 2011-07-28
- Submission Date
- 2005-11-21
