Title

Oil Painting of Reverend Owen Whitfield with Scenes of the 1939 Sharecroppers Strike by Robert A. Ketchens

Description

Oil on canvas painting of Reverend Owen Whitfield with scenes of the 1939 sharecroppers strike. Reverend Owen Whitfield was the leader of the 1939 Missouri sharecroppers strike, an event Emory historian Carol Anderson has called one of the most powerful moments of the Great Depression. Whitfield?s protest involved an estimated 1,000 evicted sharecroppers (Black and white) who staged a dramatic roadside demonstration stretching along two highways in Southeast Missouri.

Creator

Robert A. Ketchens

Subject

African American Art

Social Justice

African Americans

Artwork

Medium

Oil painting

Date

2012

Source

Missouri Historical Society

Identifier

2021-077-0002