african american farmers Archives - People's History in Texas https://www.dev.peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/african-american-farmers/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:58:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.dev.peopleshistoryintexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-logo-32x32.png african american farmers Archives - People's History in Texas https://www.dev.peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/african-american-farmers/ 32 32 Black Farmers in Texas https://www.dev.peopleshistoryintexas.org/black-farmers-in-texas/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:22:59 +0000 https://www.dev.peopleshistoryintexas.org/?p=1217 by Benjamin Brown Part 1 In 1973, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz rendered clear his approach to farm policy: “get big or get out.”  It marked the latest episode in a century-long feud between Wall Street and the Main Street of agrarian America. In the wake of the Civil War, the federal government pursued a series of measures designed […]

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