STFM

April is National Poetry Month, so we'll be looking at poetry from or inspired by tenant farming and the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. At our last Curator Chat, we talked about how Sterling A. Brown's poem... english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f…

Sharing in solidarity and support of the Highlander Research and Education Center, which has suffered a fire destroying their main office building containing a portion of their archives. Founded in... facebook.com/southerntenant…

We'll have our second Curator Chat this Saturday, March 23! Come join us to learn more about how the Southern Tenant Farmers Union worked throughout the nation to challenge popular stereotypes about... facebook.com/southerntenant…

In 1937, the Workers Defense League and the Southern Tenant Farmers Union organized the first National Sharecroppers Week, which rallied support from many sectors of American society for sharecroppers and tenant... credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums…

Our Black History Month celebration this week salutes Carrie L. Dilworth, whose lifelong civil rights work in Arkansas included many years in the... dc.lib.unc.edu/utils/ajaxhelp…

Save the dates! Our new monthly Curator Chats will start on Saturday, February 23, at 1:00 pm! Every fourth Saturday of the month, we'll have a special tour and presentation that focuses in depth... facebook.com/southerntenant…

We regret that due to staff illnesses, we will be unable to open between Christmas and New Years as planned. We will reopen Wednesday, January 2. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum will be CLOSED Monday, October 22.

It's with sadness and pride that we announce that Dr. Brian Pierce is leaving us to take a job at Mosaic Templers Museum at Little Rock. You will be missed at STFM! Good luck, Brian! 🤸🏻‍♀️😫🤸🏻‍♀️

Join us at our companion Heritage Site for the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival Oct. 18-20 in Dyess! facebook.com/southerntenant…

We had such a good time with the kids from Tyronza Elementary summer camp today. We talked about cotton, making toys and clothes from flour sacks, and showed them how our cotton plants are coming... facebook.com/southerntenant…

Do you know anyone that wore flour sack dresses or shirts? facebook.com/59827178017/po…

Love the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum T-shirt in some of these great photos!! facebook.com/story.php?stor…

A great lineup for the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival!! facebook.com/southerntenant…

Our cotton planters are working hard this morning. Thanks Joe Cavitt and Carrol Hinton!

There are some awesome shots of Southern Tenant Farmers Museum in this video as well some of the other fabulous attractions throughout the Arkansas Delta Byways. Enjoy! vimeo.com/262613345?ref=…

If you enjoyed this poem, you would also enjoy the whole book! "These Stones" is sold at the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum at Tyronza. Cost $19.95. This would be a great Easter surprise for a loved one. facebook.com/southerntenant…

Loudoun County, Virginia, was well represented by this group today. They visited Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Lepanto Museum, Connors Steak House and Southern Tenant Farmers Museum. We made a lot of new friends. Thanks for visiting us!