Students operating a small cotton gin at the Tuskegee

Students operating a small cotton gin at the Tuskegee Institute, c. 1905-15. Agriculture, especially the cash crop of cotton, was important in the early 20th century South. With training, African Americas would be able to work in the industrial aspects of the cotton industry, where better jobs paid relatively good wages (BSLOC_2017_20_137)

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