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a ay ee oe a otpe tes: oe _—_ we 4 ee ok a eh a . Fad wages, soil conservation pro- ‘te rural housing, abolition of and anti-lynching legislation. and Negroes—Americans all— vss uted in this common cause. Their struggle is a vital concern of ali who believe that a decent livelihood is the right of ali Americans who toil—that de- mocracy is meaningless without economic security. These Sharecroppers struggle to get A STAKE IN DEMOCRACY. This is your struggle. The liberties of no American are safe while 1,900,000 native families live in economic and political serf- dom. You can help them to get A STAKE IN DEMOCRACY and thc bu yart Amer. iCall GEMOCracy. ws sinners, tha oldext 33. Ali native ~- sa! the sald soe \ t ir ax aystem bet robbed themo . ' ote ge ¥erunient, Phev se wk Vee LAND and A WASTED’ PEOPLE. came together. They assailed the condition= - of Southern agriculture which were making : serfs of free men. Out of their discussions | grew a program for joint action. Thus the - Southern Tenant Farmers Union was horn. For six years the Union has fought against evictions, chain gangs ana even rurder— the weapons of a small minority who seek to keep control of the land. In spite of all oppositicn the Union has grown. These men and women are fighting 1+ solve the simple problem of how to make a decent living fer thernselves and their families. Thee sve -trugeling to reestal |.-h their dig- nib oa or a through a demoe ole yp. agrian Famuly of tine on coe highs. “Ke'se aotns, ; Oklahoma: week on the shee. then ou Pos fe work on the aton. bes rig, -_ YAN Aen ana ae 40 Le PI RS i! ‘O.: ae nT A: In 1934 a small group of shaicuruppeie