Photo Credits

Now talking about something that we’d get whipped for, that was for having a pencil and a piece of paper or a slate. If you just looked like you wanted to learn to read or write, you got a licking. (Henry Bobbit, Raleigh, NC)

Mary Armstrong, Age 91. Between 1936 and 1938. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mesnp161025/>.

Henry Bobbit, Age 87. Between 1936 and 1938. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mesnp111120/>.

W. L. Bost, Age 88. Between 1936 and 1938. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mesnp111138/>.

Monroe Brackins, Age 84. Between 1936 and 1938. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mesnp161124a/>

Walter Calloway, Age 89. Between 1936 and 1938. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mesnp010051/>.

Esther King Casey, Age 81. Between 1936 and 1938. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mesnp010055/>.

Anne Maddox, Age 113. Between 1936 and 1938. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mesnp010272/>.

Charley Williams and Granddaughter, Age 94. Between 1936 and 1938. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mesnp130330/>.

Photo: Henry Bobbit, Raleigh, NC.