A review by lizmart88
Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica M. White
3.0
There's so much we don't learn in school. This is a little bit academic - especially at the start. Skip the intro and it gets better.
The first chapter is comparing the philosophy of each of three great black men - George Washington Carver, WEB Dubois, and Booker Washington - as it relates to agriculture.
The rest of the chapters showcase various cooperatives that helped black farmers, especially in the sixties and seventies, mostly in the Deep South.
I learned so much about cooperatives and the groups working for economic self sufficiency in this era.
The first chapter is comparing the philosophy of each of three great black men - George Washington Carver, WEB Dubois, and Booker Washington - as it relates to agriculture.
The rest of the chapters showcase various cooperatives that helped black farmers, especially in the sixties and seventies, mostly in the Deep South.
I learned so much about cooperatives and the groups working for economic self sufficiency in this era.