John Deere is teaming up with the National Black Growers Council and others to help Black Famers other underrepresented farmers gain title to their land
How John Deere is helping Black farmers and their descendants take back unjustly seized land
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New York (CNN Business)It s been nine years since Michael Robinson of Columbus, Ohio, nearly lost a major part of his family s legacy. He s still fighting to regain full control of it.
In 2012, the 57-year-old married father of four, who is Black, found out someone he d never met named James E. Deshler II was suing his family members to force them to sell their portion of the 127 acres of Barlow Bend, Alabama, farmland that they d inherited from Robinson s late grandfather, Joe Ely.
The local county auditor s website determined last year that the land is worth more than $212,000. The Deshler family and its Thomasville, Alabama, attorney J. Glen Padgett did not respond to a request for comment.
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McDonald’s hiring up to 3,000 workers in Alabama
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, a now hiring sign is displayed outside of McDonald s in Buffalo Grove, Ill. (Nam Y. Huh - Associated Press) Nam Y. Huh | AP Photo
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The burger chain is hosting a hiring event this week through Friday.
McDonald’s also seeks about 1,500 full-time and part-time manager, shift leaders and crew member positions in the Birmingham area, according to the company.
Benefits include flexible scheduling, competitive wages, employee meal plans and more. The company also offers three major scholarships - HACER National Scholarships, the McDonald’s/APIA Scholarship program and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Black and Positively Golden Scholarships. The company awarded six $15,000 scholarships to student recipients throughout Alabama last year.