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Posted inBlack Experience

Black Farmers Lost At Least $326 Billion During 20th Century

by Jamila Bey May 3, 2022May 3, 2022

A new study has found that Black farmers have lost more than $326 billion in land value during the 20th century. That figure, according to researchers, is a deeply conservative estimate of how much in real dollars racist practices costs Black American farmers since 1920. Dr. Dania Francis was the lead author of the study […]

Black farmers face difficult times. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBusiness

Systemic Racism Cited in Plight of Black Farmers

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown December 8, 2021
Posted inHealth

USDA Study Finds SNAP Program Falls Short for Its Recipients

by Natalie C. Hockaday July 7, 2021January 12, 2022
iStockphoto/NNPA
Posted inBlack Experience

After a Century of Land Theft and Exclusion, Black Farmers Getting Needed Government Aid

by WI Guest Author March 8, 2021December 21, 2021
Black farmers are struggling to hold on to their land as a result of long-standing bias from the USDA against black farmers. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Business

Black Farmers Still Waiting for Fair Share of Federal Funds

by WI Guest Author November 2, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of Pexels
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Children in Rental Housing Are Food-Insecure: Report

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer September 2, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of usda.gov
Posted inNational

States Sue to Stop Changes to Food Stamps Program

by WI Guest Author January 21, 2020December 21, 2021
Black farmers are struggling to hold on to their land as a result of long-standing bias from the USDA against black farmers. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Business

Black Farmers’ Descendants Continue Struggle for Farmland

by WI Guest Author July 31, 2019December 21, 2021
The loss of Black farmland has had a profound impact on rural black communities, which today suffer from severe economic challenges, among them a poverty rate twice that of rural white communities. (iStockphoto/NNPA)
Posted inBlack Experience, Business, Stacy M. Brown

Structural Racism Eliminated Black Farmers: Report

by WI Guest Author April 8, 2019October 31, 2020
Edouardo Jordan
Posted inBlack Experience, Business, Lifestyle

African-American Chefs Break the Glass Ceiling in the Culinary World

by WI Guest Author January 10, 2019October 31, 2020

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