Not all sharecroppers were black. Many were white. MY grandfather was one in his youth, circa 1890's........
my grandfather's family were sharecroppers too, white also
"Not all sharecroppers were black."
In a time when lots of people didn't have work, sharecroppers got to eat. It was a necessity for some, because welfare had not then been invented.
Not all KKK victims were black. They are equal opportunity terrorists.