sharecropper

Example Sentences

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“My grandmother was a sharecropper in Arkansas, and I know that this is the same thing,” a man shouts at one point as whistles shrill and a handheld siren wails.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

Mr. Morrison’s, meanwhile, is on the porch of a Mississippi Delta sharecropper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Hamer, a former sharecropper and a leader of the racially integrated Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, objected to the seating of an all-white Mississippi delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2024

The son of a sharecropper and great-grandson of a Georgia slave, Thurmond became an attorney and has served for decades in state and local government.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Father of two, Alabama native, and son of a sharecropper, Lester Charles Walker was one of American Street’s very first black residents in 1947.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi