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Rural poverty fight stretches into farm areas nationwide
The editorial reports on poverty in rural Tennessee and beyond, chronicling Ray and Cleve Sharp in Crockett County who obtained a $1,940 loan to buy a truck, tractor, and tools, enabling shifted income through farming and odd jobs. It outlines government loans, cooperative efforts like Coahoma Opportunities, and the challenge of racial tensions, apathy, and need for immediate work. The piece highlights data on poverty, rural uprisings, and programs aimed at long term improvements, including water projects and cooperative farming in Mississippi and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edson
Tenn
Ray Sharp
Crockett County
Tennessee
Sharp
Cleve Sharp
Sharps
America
Washington
Howard Bertsch
Office of Economic Opportunity
Johnson
Farmers Home Administration
Wiliam R. McIntosh
Farmers Home
Agriculture Department
Poerty
Mississippi
King Cotton
Coahoma County
Miss
Coahoma Opportunities, Inc
Andrew Carr
Aaron Henry
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Carr
Coatuma Opportunities
Henry
Sunflower School
Mnenecco
Coahoma Opportunities
Bennie Gooden
South
Gooden
New Deal
Hamilton-Stovall Cotton Picking Association
Aberdeen
Willie J. Morgan
Roy F. Robison
Cotton Picker Association
William E. Walker
Willie T. Bumpass
Eddis Carlisle
Bumpass
Carli
Walker
Pulaski
Ill
Illinois