Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement

(Part of the Justice, Power, and Politics Series)

by Monica M. White

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In May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Freedom Farms Cooperative (FFC). A community-based rural and economic development project, FFC would grow to over 600 acres, offering a means for local sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and domestic workers to pursue community wellness, self-reliance, and political resistance. Life on the cooperative farm presented an...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1469643693

ISBN13:9781469643694

Release Date:January 2019

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Intersectionality The Civil Rights Movement History Social Science Social Sciences

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