Summary Of Employment Of Negro Agriculture By Earle Richardson

Earle Richardson created "Employment of Negro Agriculture" as an artwork in 1934. As take a glance at the painting, I observe how these African American people worked barefooted in the fields around the United Stated. As can be seen, it was an important task, since they were raising several baskets of cotton crops. Two of the four African American were women, which catches my attention due to the fact that during the Great Depression in the 1930's, women were not able to work since women belonged to the house duties. Those women who decided to take a job, had to quit their jobs to give them to the head figure of the family: men. Therefore, for me it created a huge impact that the artist included women as part of a role in his masterpiece. Furthermore,