hovels

Houses which have been condemned by the Board of Health but are still occupied by Negro migratory workers, Belle Glade, Fla. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 4 older comments, and then…
• roderickbodine said:

  The houses remind me of the ones described in Zora Neale Hurston's book "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

• phoppernowlin said:

  Houses like this were common in Southeast Texas and Lousianna into the 1980's.

• Jumbo Donuts said:

  This year's FEMA housing....

• If you need to know, then you know said:

  Can you really say "negro"?

• Ceridwen said:

  I think you should be able to say "negro," although I haven't actually heard it used in years. There might be some people offended by it (you can always find somebody who is offended by something) but it doesn't have the deadly taboo status of that other "n word."