ADAD“This is the most significant piece of legislation with respect to the arc of Black land ownership in this country,” said Tracy Lloyd McCurty, executive director of the Black Belt Justice Center, which provides legal representation to Black farmers. Once again, Black farmers, because of their dedication to organizing, have created liberation for farmers of color. This bill in turn drew from the Justice for Black Farmers Act introduced by Booker. “Hopefully the money won’t go to conducting studies — Black farmers have been studied to death,” Wright said. John Boyd Jr., a fourth-generation Black farmer in Virginia and president of the nonprofit National Black Farmers Association, said the lack of lawmaker support was a “sickening realization.”

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2021 01:17 UTC