How Thousands of Black Farmers Were Forced Off Their Land
Black people own just 2 percent of farmland in the United States. A decades-long history of loan denials at the USDA is a major reason why.
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Black people own just 2 percent of farmland in the United States. A decades-long history of loan denials at the USDA is a major reason why.
In May of 2016, Katy was working to fence in a pasture for her horse. A farming accident left the 20-year-old scalped.
The Daily Yonder Commentary: Billions for Farmers of Color Isn’t Racist – It’s Smart and Long Overdue Farmers of color – particularly African American producers – have suffered from the decimation of rural America and decades of systemic racism. Share this: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discussed the administration’s efforts on the American Rescue Plan during a video conference. The plan has designated $5 billion to for the farmers of color who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group. (USDA photo by Tom Witha...
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African-American farmers are disappearing. The legacy of structural inequality has steadily depleted their ranks. For nearly a century, racial discrimination in agriculture, exclusion from federal relief programs, and laws that preyed upon the economically disadvantaged have slashed the number of Black farmers in America from the nearly 1 million who farmed in 1920 to fewer than 50,000 today. This systemic dispossession of acreage and wealth makes farms like Julius Tillery’s in Northampton County, North Carolina, increasingly scarce. Born into freedom in 1871, Tillery’s great-great-gran...