My parents would make huge crops of sometimes 55 to 60 bales of cotton. Being from a big … - Fannie Lou Hamer

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Fannie Lou Hamer

My parents would make huge crops of sometimes 55 to 60 bales of cotton. Being from a big family where there were 20 children, it wasn't too hard to pick that much cotton. But my father, year after year, didn't get too much money and I remember he just kept going.

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