Farmers drive their tractors near the U.S. Capitol Building during the American Agriculture Movement's second Tractorcade demonstration in Washington, D.C., 28 February 1979

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Description: The American Agriculture Movement was an organization founded in 1977 with the purpose of lobbying that the federal government pay higher prices for crops. In 1978 they organized the first Tractorcade wherein thousands of farmers drove their tractors to Washington, D.C. in protest of the Carter Administration and the Farmers Home Administration would stop foreclosures on farms. Again on February 5, 1979, farmers arrived on tractors and held another Tractorcade protest. They occupied the National Mall for several weeks.

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Title: Farmers drive their tractors near the U.S. Capitol Building during the American Agriculture Movement's second Tractorcade demonstration in Washington, D.C., 28 February 1979
Creator(s): Frazier, Patrick
Created: 1979-02-28
Issued: 2018-02-01
Genre: black-and-white negatives
Topical Subject(s): Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States ; Agriculture and politics -- United States ; Demonstrations -- United States ; Farmers -- United States
Subject(s) -- Corporate Name: American Agriculture Movement ; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic Subject(s): Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Continent: North and Central America
Country: United States
First Order Political Division: District of Columbia
City: Washington
Rights Statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_N_2013
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71468

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