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Amplifying Black farmers’ voices in a new book of essays, narratives, and poems
In the years following enslavement, there were nearly one million Black farmers in America. Today, there are approximately 45,000. The legacy of the African American farmer has been at risk for decades.
By Evan Kleiman • • 7m ListenIn the years following enslavement, there were nearly one million Black farmers in America. Today, there are approximately 45,000. The legacy of the African American farmer has been at risk for decades. While researching her novel “Queen Sugar,” Natalie Baszile incorporated her personal connection to farming in the South. As she next turned to non-fiction, she continued to thread themes of hope, perseverance, determination, and redemption into her work. Her new book is “We Are Each Other’s Harvest.”
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‘We Are Each Other’s Harvest’: African American farmers, land, and legacy- 0:00Amplifying Black farmers’ voices in a new book of essays, narratives, and poemsYou’re reading this
- 7:02Explaining the broken promises of ‘freedom dues’
- 17:26How Black farmers experience economic discrimination at the hands of the USDA
- 30:01Curing tobacco: one man’s accidental innovation becomes another’s livelihood
- 43:08A grandmother’s life in Louisiana: ‘We were poor but we were never hungry’
- 47:53‘A Love Letter to Future Generations’
The full episode
1 of 6‘We Are Each Other’s Harvest’: African American farmers, land, and legacy- 0:00Amplifying Black farmers’ voices in a new book of essays, narratives, and poemsYou’re reading this
- 7:02Explaining the broken promises of ‘freedom dues’
- 17:26How Black farmers experience economic discrimination at the hands of the USDA
- 30:01Curing tobacco: one man’s accidental innovation becomes another’s livelihood
- 43:08A grandmother’s life in Louisiana: ‘We were poor but we were never hungry’
- 47:53‘A Love Letter to Future Generations’