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Jubilee Justice is a cooperative that helps Black farming communities practice regenerative agriculture. The organization harkens back to the legacy of practices used in the 19th and 20th centuries.
*Sigh.* Black people around the US are sharing screenshots of texts they received from unknown numbers, all of which direct them to report to the "nearest plantation" and "pick cotton." The first ...
“The unfortunate reality of electing a President who, historically, has embraced, and at times encouraged hate, is unfolding before our eyes,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson. Civil rights ...
The history of Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, LA, is one with deep Southern roots. Considered an American heritage landmark, the stunning antebellum mansion sits about 200 feet behind a ...
IN THE fields alongside Mississippi Highway 49, where the Meredith Freedom Marchers plodded in June, another Delta cotton crop is nearing harvest, continuing a partnership between man and earth that ...
Students (grades 5 - 8) "become" a boll of cotton. After researching U. S. geography and history from the earliest days of the American Industrial Revolution up to the Civil War, they relate ...