Jul 28, 2024  #farmersprotest #justiceforblackfarmers #blackfarmers

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This 30-minute video contains highlights of a panel discussion of the continuing struggles for truth and justice by Black farmers and some for US Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees. In addition, this video puts a name with a face of some of the farmers and friends who ares struggling in their fight for fairness and equity against the USDA. The video also pays tribute to a partial list of farmers, employees, advocates and supporters who have died over the years. #justiceforblackfarmers #blackfarmers #farmersprotest

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Sep 1, 2022  #blackfarmers #justiceforblackfarmers #blackmeninamerica

How many of us know a full-time Black farmer? Someone who farms for a living? Black Farmers are distant from most people. Unless you personally know a Black farmer, you don't have a link or emotional connection...until NOW! Farmer Bernice Atchinson talks about her experience with the US Department of Agriculture. This conversation was taken from the "Speak The Truth" show recorded on August 28, 2022. #blackfarmers #justiceforblackfarmers #blackmeninamerica #speakthetruth, #anameandaface\

QM Bernice Atchison lost 278 acres of land because if the USDA discrimination.

An exert from: The Quest for Racial Equality Has Always Been Different for Rural Americans

"Eighty-three-year-old Corine Woodson is poised to suffer a devastating blow: the loss of the home she shared with her late husband—who died in 2022—for over 60 years.

Her land, 40 acres set amid rolling pines outside of Auburn, Ala., was purchased in 1911 and passed down through generations, a rare example of Black land ownership in the Deep South. But in recent years, this once rural property, now parsed out among various family members in a form of ownership known as “tenants in common,” has caught the attention of investors who hope to purchase and develop properties they consider prime real estate. Cleveland Brothers Incorporated bought out Woodson’s relatives, accumulating 49% ownership of the previously Black-owned property. Now, the case is making news as it heads toward the Alabama Supreme Court, with the company declaring that it will suffer “financial harm” if Woodson delays the sale of her share. (A representative of Cleveland Brothers told WTVM that Woodson could stay on the property for a year even if the sale goes through.)" Read more....