Born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov. 26, 1939, in Nutbush, Tennessee, Turner and her older sister were separated at a young age from their parents, who worked as sharecroppers.

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tina-turner-dies_n_58d3e415e4b0b22b0d1a775f

Profit margins for opium farmers and sharecroppers are modest—perhaps a few hundred dollars per hectare in a normal year—but as our Talib soldier-escort explained, this far outstrips profits from crops such as wheat.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/01/taliban-afghanistan-drugs-war-ban-heroin-ephedra-economy/

The area’s oldest surviving juke joint is run by musician Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, whose parents opened the place in 1948 to feed sharecroppers.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/19/travel/a-northerner-explores-the-birthplace-of-the-blues/