The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1 150 years after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land ownership in America remains one of dispossession. The Provosts, who trace their family to the enslaved workers on Louisiana's ...See moreThe Land of Our Fathers, Part 1 150 years after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land ownership in America remains one of dispossession. The Provosts, who trace their family to the enslaved workers on Louisiana's sugar-cane plantations, know this story well.
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