American Voices / Black America 01 – Sharecroppers

Walter Coachman, a baptist pastor from South Carolina, recalls the lives of sharecroppers in the Deep South in the early years of the 20th Century. (8’13”)

Testimonies adapted from the files of the Federal Writers’ Project, available online through the Library of Congress. Walter Coachman played by Clarke Peters. Written and Directed by Andrew Chater. Originally commissioned and broadcast by the BBC. Copyright Andrew Chater / Lodestar Productions / Timelines.tv, streamed with the BBC’s consent. Do not download or embed without permission of the copyright holders.

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