Levee at Greenville, Mississippi, where African

Levee at Greenville, Mississippi, where African Americans sit by tents on uneven ground. The tents were supplied by the American Red Cross. With no established emergency response force, the U.S Congress chartered the Red Cross to provide disaster relief, which was funded by charitable contributions. (BSLOC_2015_16_165)

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