Browsing by Author "Gilbert, Jess Carr"
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The decline (and revival?) of black farmers and rural landowners : a review of the research literature
Gilbert, Jess Carr; Sharp, Gwen; Felin, M. Sindy (Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001)African-Americans as a group went from owning almost no land in the United States after the Civil War to peaking at 15 million acres by 1920. In that year, 14% of all US farmers were black. Of these 926,000 black farmers, ... -
Re-entering African-American farmers : recent trends and a policy rationale
Wood, Spencer D.; Gilbert, Jess Carr (Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998)Today, there are only about 15,000 black farmers in the United States. Declining by 98 percent since 1920, black farmers have suffered losses attributable to public policy, economic pressures, and racial oppression. All ...