Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:trade_unionist
|
| gptkbp:advocatesFor |
economic justice
racial integration |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1946
|
| gptkbp:focus |
agricultural laborers
tenant farmers sharecroppers |
| gptkbp:foundedIn |
gptkb:Tyronza,_Arkansas
1934 |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
|
| gptkbp:mergedInto |
National Farm Labor Union
|
| gptkbp:notableAction |
organizing strikes
lobbying for New Deal reforms |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Great_Depression
|
| gptkbp:notableLeader |
Clay East
H. L. Mitchell Howard Kester |
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
sharecropping system
exploitation of tenant farmers |
| gptkbp:regionServed |
gptkb:Southern_United_States
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:John_Handcox
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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