We are each other's harvest : celebrating African American farmers, land, and legacy /
Baszile, Natalie,
We are each other's harvest : celebrating African American farmers, land, and legacy / Natalie Baszile. - First edition. - xiii, 351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-343).
Foreword / Introduction / Those winter Sundays / Everyone beneath their own vine and fig tree : a remembering in seven parts / Handed the rain / Writing Queen Sugar / Excerpt from Black and White: the way I see it / Resilience and reinvention / Little farm, big dreams / Black to the land / Cutting greens / The last plantation : the USDA’s racist operation system / Father and daughter / To the fig tree on 9th and Christian / On top of Moon Mountain / Money talk Barking / Dispossessed : their family bought land one generation after slavery. The Reels brothers spent eight years in jail for refusing to leave it / Louisiana daughters : a conversation with Lalita Tademy and Margaret Wilkerson Sexton -- Queen Sugar, Chapter 10 / Frame / America at the crossroads : a history of enslavement and land /by Clyde Ford -- Field Day at the Hill Place / Equal ground / Fearless / Four days in Alaskan Farm School / No better life / Ancestral vibrations guide our connection to the land / Remember / Family ties / How to make rain / Miss Rose’s dirty rice / A new country / Raised and rooted / Making space / Call me by my name / Wheel of fortune / Exceeding the “yes” / Swarm / A brief history of tobacco / After tobacco / Yellowjackets / Home games / Butter / A love letter to future generations / Inside Queen Sugar: Jason Wilborn reflects of his years in the Queen Sugar Writers' Room / The Boudin Trail / Black Harvest Fund -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Credits -- Contributors -- Photographs. by Natalie Baszile -- by Dr. Analena Hope Hassberg -- by Robert Hayden -- by Michael Twitty -- by Ed Roberson -- by Natalie Baszile -- by Richard Williams Williams -- with Stanley Hughes and Linda Leach -- with Kamal Bell -- by Leah Penniman -- by Lucille Clifton -- by Pete Daniel -- with Harper and Ashley Armstrong -- by Ross Gay -- with Brenae Royal -- with Clif Sutton and Dexter Faison -- by Lenard D. Moore -- by Lizzie Presser -- by Natalie Baszile -- by Robin Coste Lewis -- with Odis Hill -- with Willie Earl Nelson Sr. and sons -- by Tim Seibles -- with Melony Edwards -- with the Blueforts -- by Jim Embry -- by Jim Embry -- with Esmeralda and Antonio Sandoval -- by Kevin Young -- by Natalie Baszile -- with Dorcas Young -- with Deric Harper -- with Moretta Browne -- by Harryette Mullen -- with Martha Calderon -- with Marvin Frink -- by Tonya Foster -- by Natalie Baszile -- with the Wrights -- by Yusef Komunyakaa -- with Kellye Walker and Werten Bellamy -- by Elizabeth Alexander -- by Naima Penniman -- by Natalie Baszile -- by Natalie Baszile --
"In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine black people's connection to the American land from Emancipation to today. In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000. Baszile explores this crisis, through the farmers' personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm despite systemic discrimination and land loss. The Returning Generation--young farmers, who are building upon the legacy of their ancestors, talk about the challenges they face as they seek to redress issues of food justice, food sovereignty, and reparations."--
006293256X 9780062932563
Harpercollins, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132 SAN 200-2086
African American farmers.
African Americans--Agriculture.
Agriculture--History.--United States
African Americans--Biography.
HD8039.F32 / U6168 2021
We are each other's harvest : celebrating African American farmers, land, and legacy / Natalie Baszile. - First edition. - xiii, 351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-343).
Foreword / Introduction / Those winter Sundays / Everyone beneath their own vine and fig tree : a remembering in seven parts / Handed the rain / Writing Queen Sugar / Excerpt from Black and White: the way I see it / Resilience and reinvention / Little farm, big dreams / Black to the land / Cutting greens / The last plantation : the USDA’s racist operation system / Father and daughter / To the fig tree on 9th and Christian / On top of Moon Mountain / Money talk Barking / Dispossessed : their family bought land one generation after slavery. The Reels brothers spent eight years in jail for refusing to leave it / Louisiana daughters : a conversation with Lalita Tademy and Margaret Wilkerson Sexton -- Queen Sugar, Chapter 10 / Frame / America at the crossroads : a history of enslavement and land /by Clyde Ford -- Field Day at the Hill Place / Equal ground / Fearless / Four days in Alaskan Farm School / No better life / Ancestral vibrations guide our connection to the land / Remember / Family ties / How to make rain / Miss Rose’s dirty rice / A new country / Raised and rooted / Making space / Call me by my name / Wheel of fortune / Exceeding the “yes” / Swarm / A brief history of tobacco / After tobacco / Yellowjackets / Home games / Butter / A love letter to future generations / Inside Queen Sugar: Jason Wilborn reflects of his years in the Queen Sugar Writers' Room / The Boudin Trail / Black Harvest Fund -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Credits -- Contributors -- Photographs. by Natalie Baszile -- by Dr. Analena Hope Hassberg -- by Robert Hayden -- by Michael Twitty -- by Ed Roberson -- by Natalie Baszile -- by Richard Williams Williams -- with Stanley Hughes and Linda Leach -- with Kamal Bell -- by Leah Penniman -- by Lucille Clifton -- by Pete Daniel -- with Harper and Ashley Armstrong -- by Ross Gay -- with Brenae Royal -- with Clif Sutton and Dexter Faison -- by Lenard D. Moore -- by Lizzie Presser -- by Natalie Baszile -- by Robin Coste Lewis -- with Odis Hill -- with Willie Earl Nelson Sr. and sons -- by Tim Seibles -- with Melony Edwards -- with the Blueforts -- by Jim Embry -- by Jim Embry -- with Esmeralda and Antonio Sandoval -- by Kevin Young -- by Natalie Baszile -- with Dorcas Young -- with Deric Harper -- with Moretta Browne -- by Harryette Mullen -- with Martha Calderon -- with Marvin Frink -- by Tonya Foster -- by Natalie Baszile -- with the Wrights -- by Yusef Komunyakaa -- with Kellye Walker and Werten Bellamy -- by Elizabeth Alexander -- by Naima Penniman -- by Natalie Baszile -- by Natalie Baszile --
"In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine black people's connection to the American land from Emancipation to today. In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000. Baszile explores this crisis, through the farmers' personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm despite systemic discrimination and land loss. The Returning Generation--young farmers, who are building upon the legacy of their ancestors, talk about the challenges they face as they seek to redress issues of food justice, food sovereignty, and reparations."--
006293256X 9780062932563
Harpercollins, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132 SAN 200-2086
African American farmers.
African Americans--Agriculture.
Agriculture--History.--United States
African Americans--Biography.
HD8039.F32 / U6168 2021