Browsing Land Tenure Center, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies by Subject "African American farmers Government policy United States"
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From Reconstruction to deconstruction : undermining Black landownership, political independence and community through partition sales of tenancies in common
(Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000)The pattern of landownership in the rural African American community represents the mirror opposite of the trend in black land acquisition100 years ago at the dawn of the twentieth century. Remarkable levels of acquisition ... -
Re-entering African-American farmers : recent trends and a policy rationale
(Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998)Today, there are only about 15,000 black farmers in the United States. Declining by 98 percent since 1920, black farmers have suffered losses attributable to public policy, economic pressures, and racial oppression. All ...