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Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union — was formed in the 1880s in the USA, when both black and white farmers faced great difficulties due to the rising price of farming and the decreasing profits which were coming from farming. At this time the Southern Farmers alliance which was… … Wikipedia
Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America — The Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America was a union of African American tenant farmers ( sharecroppers ). A meeting of this union at Hoop Spur, Arkansas, was attacked on September 30, 1919, leaving a white sheriff dead and sparking … Wikipedia
Southern Tenant Farmers Union — The Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) was founded as a civil farmer s union to further organize the tenant farmers in the Southern United States. Originally set up during the Great Depression in the United States, the reasons for the… … Wikipedia
National Farmers’ Union — (NFU) First organized in 1902 in Texas to further cooperative action and nonpartisan political action on behalf of farmers, the NFU grew rapidly in the South. It flourished in the 1920s and together with the American Farm Bureau Federation was … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union — (STFU) Formed in July 1934 in Arkansas, the STFU was an organization of sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and small landowners formed by socialists to protest against the impact of the Great Depression in rural areas and the discrimination in… … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era
Ned Cobb — (1885 1973) was a tenant farmer born in Tallapoosa County in Alabama. His autobiography was pseudonymously published in the book All God s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw, as told to Theodore Rosengarten. Cobb was the 4th of more than 20 children… … Wikipedia
Harry Haywood — (February 6, 1898 January 1985) was born in South Omaha, Nebraska to former slaves, Harriet and Haywood Hall. He was the youngest of three children. Named after his father at birth, Haywood Hall, Harry Haywood is a pseudonym adopted in 1925.… … Wikipedia
Olive Stone — Olive Polly Matthews Stone (13 January 1897 – 8 November 1977) was a sociologist whose interests focused on human welfare, race relations, and southern farmers. Stone was born in Dadeville, Alabama, and attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery,… … Wikipedia
Thomas Mooney — For other people named Thomas Mooney, see Thomas Mooney (disambiguation). Thomas Mooney Tom Mooney as a young socialist, 1910 Born 1882 Died 1942 Thomas Joseph … Wikipedia
History of Missouri — The history of Missouri begins with France claiming the territory and selling it to the U.S. in 1803. Statehood came following a compromise in 1820. Missouri grew rapidly until the Civil War, which saw numerous small battles and control by the… … Wikipedia
History of South Carolina — South Carolina is one of the thirteen original states of the United States of America. Its history has been remarkable for an extraordinary commitment to political independence, whether from overseas or federal control. As a cornerstone of… … Wikipedia
