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82-year-old Black farmer arrested, charged with making terrorist threats
May 17, 2009
Harry Young, an 82-year-old Black farmer from Owensboro, Kentucky, was arrested and released on $50,000 bond in connection with allegations of threatening U.S. Department of Agriculture employees – terroristic threatening. It all stems from a contested foreclosure and sale of his family farm in 2005.
The last plantation
February 3, 2009
In 1920, at the height of Black farm ownership, one in seven U.S. farms was Black-operated; by 1992, the number had fallen to one in 100. From discriminatory lending practices to foreclosures, the USDA’s policies have directly contributed to a massive loss of Black land wealth.