"White Americans own 98% of U.S. farmland, advocates say - now rural and urban growers of color are trying to get a fairer share".
"AMELIA, VIRGINIA - When Black land rights activists were offered a 150-acre (60-hectare) plot in the U.S. South, they saw it as an opportunity towards righting a historical wrong.
Black Americans lost 90% of their lands across the United States during the 20th century, government figures show, due to factors such as predatory developers and a lack of access to the legal system and expert advice.
Now an alliance of Black farmers and civil society groups wants to get an equal amount of property back.
"We were stripped of that land," said Kenya Crumel, a director at the National Black Food & Justice Alliance (NBFJA), which includes nearly 50 Black-led organizations."
Carey L. Biron reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation June 17, 2022.
