Phrases with «black sharecroppers»

The phrase "black sharecroppers" refers to African American farmers who were given land to work on during times of segregation. They would farm on someone else's property and give a share of their crops or profits to the landowner in exchange. Full definition

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Sentences with «black sharecroppers»

But the story really takes root only after we meet the Jacksons, a family of black sharecroppers led by a hard - working, God - fearing patriarch, Hap (Rob Morgan), and his resilient wife, Florence (Mary J. Blige, purging every trace of pop glamour in a revelatory performance). (latimes.com)
Set in rural Mississippi before, during, and after WWII, the film inspects the lives of white farmers and black sharecroppers whose lives clash when their respective sons return from war. (relevantmagazine.com)
Set in hard - times Mississippi just before, during and after World War II and based on a 2008 novel by Hillary Jordan, Mudbound focuses on two poor families: one white farmers (the McAllans); the other black sharecroppers (the Jacksons) who work the former's land. (rollingstone.com)
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Phrases with «black sharecroppers»

Sentences with «black sharecroppers»

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