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The Great Depression Lecture Series - "Land of Our Own? Sharecroppers and Tenant Farmers in the Great Depression"

Name: The Great Depression Lecture Series - "Land of Our Own? Sharecroppers and Tenant Farmers in the Great Depression"
Start: 2026-08-05T22:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-05T23:00:00+00:00
Location: Wood County Museum

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 · 6 PM ET · Wood County Museum

The Great Depression Lecture Series - "Land of Our Own? Sharecroppers and Tenant Farmers in the Great Depression" August 5 | 6:00PM Wood County Museum Meeting Room FREE A core tenet of the New Deal was to improve the economic standing of the nation's farmers who had suffered from depressed commodity prices since the 1920s. Yet, the implementation of these programs was often skewed solely toward landowners. For the millions of non-landowning farmers - sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and farmworkers - there existed little to no avenues for assistance. Consequently, a debilitating cycle of debt, e

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