Farming as a family-owned and independent business has been an important part of the social and economic development of the United States. But for many black fa

"With journalist Quinn Eli, filmmaker Charlene Gilbert embarks on a search for her own family's story and uncovers the larger, untold history of African-America

Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete D

The first comprehensive, comparative account of nineteenth-century America's efforts to resettle African Americans outside the United States.