Dispossession: Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights 1469602016, 9781469602011

Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In

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Dispossession: Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights
1469602016, 9781469602011

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