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Grades
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11
Rebuilding the town of Mullins as tobacco makes an exit as a cash crop.
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Grades
- 6
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- 9
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- 12
Episode
5
A look at the struggle to find crops to replace tobacco. Some farmers have substituted cattle, corn, beans and other vegetables for tobacco, but the profits are not what they were with tobacco.
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Grades
- 9
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Episode
12
The sad reality of unemployment in Mullins.
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Grades
- 8
Episode
6
A look at the economy during tobacco's heyday and how that often translated into segregation in Mullins and other agricultural towns.
Video
Grades
- 9
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- 12
Episode
13
A final look at the Mason Farm and its success for the growing season.
Video
Grades
- 6
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- 8
Episode
7
The history of sharecropping and its after-effects in the tobacco industry. After the Civil War, former enslaved Africans had a great desire to own their own farms. Most freedmen were very poor...
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Grades
- 9
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Episode
14
A more in-depth look at the struggles the people in Mullins face.
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Grades
- 6
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Episode
15
Migrant workers continue to thrive in Mullins. When you go to the grocery store, do you think about who planted, cultivated and picked all the fruits and vegetables on the produce racks? Chances are...
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Grades
- 6
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- Higher Education
Episode
16
Looking at the future of farming and profits in Mullins.
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Grades
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- Higher Education
Episode
17
A look at what could be one of the last tobacco auctions on a Mullins farm.