1960: "Harvest of Shame"

"Sure you can get a job, but what good is the job if you can't live on what you make" As relevant today as it was then.

This makes me cry for all of my ancestors and the people who fought for me to just be able to hit down on a bus drink from a water fountain swim in a pool drive a car sleep in my own bed thank you for what you have sacrificed for me and my children God bless you and may all your souls rest in peace

Children today need to watch this documentary. I was born in 1960, my parents got lucky Mr Ford helped a lot of black people back then moved to Michigan to work for him, at Ford motor company, and both of my parents work for him. My dad only lasted 7 years and he died of kidney failure. But my mother retired and still lives today. She's 83.

I talk to my Father all the Time who is 89 he’s seen and lived through all of this and had to move to New York at age 18 to get work and more opportunity, then he had picking tobacco in NORTH CAROLINA. He often talks about how hard him and the family worked for little to nothing. My Grand Father would sign with an X! GOD BLESS THE ANCESTORS FOR THEIR STRUGGLE AND SACRIFICE!❤

This is the real American Horror Story and many are still living it.

The look of defeat in everyone’s eyes is just heartbreaking!

My mouth dropped when the lady said she worked from 6-4 picking beans and only got paid $1 that is crazy wow.

My heart broke with all of theses families. We’ve come a long way financially but our society isn’t so humane. This documentary was humbling to watch. ❤thank you for uploading it

Some of these people are alive today and you want to say, "Make America Great Again." Who was America Great for exactly?

Most of the children in this video are still alive today, 1960 wasn’t that long ago

Do y'all see that teacher? That's the kind of teachers we had when I was young! They were respectable and respected, because they deserved to be respected. And they really did help you learn.

These young black kids stated around the 31-minute mark they would like to be a "doctor" or "nurse" when they grow up. As someone who works in a predominantly black middle and highschool, my students of color tell me they want to be a "rapper" or "football player"... This breaks my heart as a black woman.

When the lady with 14 kids had to leave her kids to make one dollar breaks my heart

Every degree I’ve earned, I think about my grandparents and great-grandparents. They weren’t able to get their education, however their kids did. They all graduated from high school and many went off to college or joined the military. Fast forward to 2022, I have 2 bachelors degrees, 2 masters degrees, and working on my doctorate at an Ivy League University. Thank you for pushing and making us know and believe that we are worth more. Thank you for honoring the power of education and giving me my spirit for social work and social reform. Your work was not in vain. ♥️

I was born in 1983. This break my heart to see & hear. I use to tell my Gma :I wish I was born back in the day, she'll say :I don't know how good I got it. And then she'll tell me stories about the old days( 40s-60s). And I couldn't believe what she & others went through. How hard she would have to work for a 1 days meal..We got it easy!

It still hurts my heart to see how these people were treated but thank you CBS for exposing what was really happening to these people.

I just want to hug all those kids and give them everything they deserve. :(

The doby family mother is my great grandmother. My nanny is one of the girls. I'm very thankful for that woman and what she did for her family.

Absolutely devastating. Can you imagine seeing this on Thanksgiving? A true masterpiece. I have tried watching it all several times but I just can’t take it. What if this were your life? There but for the grace of God go I.

My grandmother was born in 1919. She passed in 2020. At the age of 101. Raised by her born in 78. It was always a pleasure and a horror at the same time too listen to some of the things she and others went through. It also made me wonder about what stories she didn’t tell me. These stories were the tame stories she told. I was able too experience some of this growing up in the 80s in various states. Iowa ,Nebraska, Ohio , etc. being the only person of color in most of the schools I attended.