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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: January 4, 2013
Caption: Farming,Trades, and Domestic Service
Additional Description: God gave color to earth to make it beautiful. African Americans have used their minds, bodies, and spirits to cultivate and preserve the land and water quality, offering sustenance and livelihood to the country.
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Building, landscaping, and repairing were all performed by creative minds and strong hands.
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Providing child care and housekeeping services, through monumental tasks, freed others fro household duties. These services helped African Americans survive economically, but presented challenges in maintaining and strengthening their cultural value of relationships and family.
Domestic service workers provide monumental contributions to society.
Submitted: January 7, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p230827
File Size: 2.661 Megabytes

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