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Freedom farmers : agricultural resistance and the black freedom movement /

"Expands the historical narrative of the black freedom struggle to embrace the work, roles, and contributions of southern black farmers and the organizations they formed. Whereas existing scholarship generally views agriculture as a site of oppression and exploitation of black people, this book...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, Monica M. (Monica Marie), 1967- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Redmond, LaDonna (author of foreword)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Colección:Justice, power, and politics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Land, food, and freedom: black farmers, agriculture, and resistance
  • Intellectual traditions in black agriculture: Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Collective agency and community resilience in action
  • A pig and a garden: Fannie Lou Hamer's Freedom Farms Cooperative
  • North Bolivar County Farmers Cooperative
  • The Federation of Southern Cooperatives
  • The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
  • Black farmers and black land matter.