Daily Archives: February 3, 2009
The last plantation
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.
Waterboarding in Mississippi
Waterboarding was sometimes used in the Deep South to torture African-Americans and to extract false confessions to alleged crimes.
Obama’s time
With poise and considerable grace, Barack Hussein Obama took the stage of history and tried to turn a mammoth page in the book of America's national life.