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African Americans in rural areas of the South have continued their campaigns amid massive removals and impoverishment African American History Month Series No. 9 In the years between 1910 and 2000, African American farmers and agricultural workers lost over 14 million acres of land. One of the major demands of…

As Atlanta's first black mayor, he helped develop a bevy of BE 100s companies and created more black millionaires that any other public figure.

Mason, Tenn. has ousted its incumbent mayor, electing longtime local businessman Eddie Naeman to navigate opportunities with Ford Motor Co.

Amid accusations and charges of incompetence, four candidates vie to mayor of Mason, Tenn., the majority Black town near Ford's Blue Oval City.

Have flipped since trumps inauguration. lot of people reading the signs on that one. >> president trumps controversial pick to run the 2020 census has withdrawn his name from consideration after months of democratic pushback. trump tapped thomas burrell a university of texas dallas professor to helm back in november. he faced criticism for having little to no experience outside of academia and his long history of testifying in defense of republican redrawing of voting maps, putting him directly ...

Discrimination. but there is a lot of work to do. the government has acknowledged that it has set aside billions of dollars. in the millions but billions. tom tom thats thomas burrell president of the black farmers and -- according to the national review he has been a one stop shop for adjudication of racial grievances of the federal government dishing out billions of dollars, the payouts stem from a class action suit now known as pigford. the "new york times" ran a story about the pigford payme...

0 to undue the sequester cuts, there was a bill that you threatened to veto that got 92 democrats in the house voting yes. so, my question to you is do you still have the juice to get the rest of your agenda through this congress? >> if you put it that way, jonathan, maybe i should just pack up and go home. golly. >> jon: president obama, a rare appearance there in the white house briefing room taking some tough questions from the press corps. jim, it was all kicked off by fox news chief white h...

Discrimination. but there is a lot of work to do. the government has acknowledged that it has set aside billions of dollars. in the millions but billions. tom tom thats thomas burrell president of the black farmers and -- according to the national review he has been a onep for n of racial grievances of the federal government dishing out billions of dollars, the payouts stem from a class action suit now known as pigford. the "new york times" ran a story about the pigford payments citing they have...

0 that ask questions and a couple people did deal with that. there was some discussion about that. but nobody really focused on what kind of questions were asked and whether the president really has power or not power and how he is using it. and i mean, im pretty critical of that. but i think the media could have used it they all talked about his defensiveness or they gave him a kiss-up. very few people did a good analysis of that. >> jon: there was also criticism of the presidents wishy washy a...

>> so i write about the fact that in the book i grew up with an image of a strong black man who just didnt happen to be in the house. >> the book is "dreams from my father." booktv this weekend on c-span2. tanner colby presents his thoughts on the social, economic and political factors which have obstructed integration in america. mr. colby is in conversation with jessica moore, cure tore yall fellow at the american museum of diasporan arts. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> ...