We are each other's harvest : celebrating African American farmers, land, and legacy / Natalie Baszile.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, ©2021.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 351 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 006293256X (hardcover)
- 9780062932563 (hardcover)
- Celebrating African American farmers, land, and legacy
- 630.8996
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Athens | Non-fiction | 630.8996 Ba (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 04/01/2024 | 40000000056429 |
Illustrations on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-343).
"In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine black people's connection to the American land from Emancipation to today. In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000. Baszile explores this crisis, through the farmers' personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm despite systemic discrimination and land loss. The Returning Generation--young farmers, who are building upon the legacy of their ancestors, talk about the challenges they face as they seek to redress issues of food justice, food sovereignty, and reparations"--Publisher's description.