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Down home, Camden, Alabama

by Bob Adelman

Cover of Down home, Camden, Alabama

In the 1960's Wilcox County was one of the 10 poorest counties in the United States. Down home is a social portrait of Camden, located in rural Wilcox County, 40 miles south of Selma and 70 miles southwest of Montgomery in the heart of black-belt Alabama. The photographs were taken over a five year period between 1965-1970 by Bob Adelman and the text is comprised of the resident's own words.

Social life and customs