Black Levee workers, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Title

Black Levee workers, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Description

African American workers pushing empty wheel barrows across a narrow wood plank bridge.

Creator

Ben Shahn, U.S. Resettlement Administraton

Source

Library of Congress

Publisher

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

Date

October, 1935

Contributor

Charles Hardy

Rights

Public Domain

Format

JPG

Type

Still Image

Files

Levee workers LC USE 8a16571v.jpg


Citation

Ben Shahn, U.S. Resettlement Administraton, “Black Levee workers, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,” Goin' North, accessed July 27, 2024, https://goinnorth.org/items/show/476.