EJOHP

Black Farmers of the South

Coming Soon ...

We are currently in conversation with farmers across East Texas and Eastern North Carolina as well as with other storytellers representing Black farmer stories in the region. Although we expect to collect several oral history interviews and develop an article about flooding and disinvestment among farmers in Nacogdoches, TX, we are still doing active listening to determine what resources would most benefit Black farming communities at this time. 

 

Mini-Doc: As Told By the Black Farmers of Nacogdoches, Texas

Black land loss is a U.S. phenomenon that has served as an environmental justice focal point in this project. The following is a documentary produced and very graciously shared by one of our oral history narrators, Igalious Mills, on this very topic. 

Centered on the testimony of third generation farmer, Adell Mills, this mini-documentary is a tribute to the Black farmers that lost land and continue to lose land, wealthy, and place as a result of the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act, which outlined programs like the Cotton Allotment Policy, perpetuating the systems of share-cropping that contributed to cycles of Black poverty and land theft in the U.S.