This September, Encyclopedia Virginia invites you to make a gift to support the inclusive story of Virginia.Support Encyclopedia VirginiaMEDIA Show Media Credit: Virginia Museum of History & CultureOriginal Author: UnknownCreated: Late nineteenth to early twentieth centuryMedium: Photographic printPeanut Farmers in VirginiaAn African American woman and six children pick peanuts by hand on a Virginia farm in the late-nineteenth or early-twentieth century.FEATURED INWilliam H. Jordan (1860 or 1861–d. after 1889)Members of the United States Senate from VirginiaThe Colored Farmers’ Alliance and Cooperative Union of Virginia