Beyond Forty Acres and a Mule

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Chronicles the tumultuous history of landowning African American farmers from the end of the US Civil War to today. Each essay provides a case study of people in one place at a particular time and the factors that affected their ability to acquire, secure, and protect their land. The reveal that despite enormous obstacles, by 1920 a quarter of African American farm families owned their land, and demonstrate that farm ownership a core component of the African American experience.