Freedom Farmers : Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement

Name: Freedom Farmers : Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement
Brand: The University of North Carolina Press

The University of North Carolina Press

Freedom FarmersAgricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement\nAuthor(s): Monica M. White, LaDonna Redmond\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: The University of North Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781469663890, 978-1469663890\nSynopsis\nIn May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Freedom Farms Cooperative (FFC). A community-based rural and economic development project, FFC would grow to over 600 acres, offering a means for local sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and domestic workers to pursue community wellness, self-reliance, and political resistance. Life on the cooperative farm presented an alternative to the second wave of northern migration by African Americans--an opportunity to stay in the South, live off the land, and create a healthy community based upon building an alternative food system as a cooperative and collective effort.