Freedom Farmers
Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement

Absolutely superb. Monica M. White provides a rich history of Black cooperative farm movements and comprehensively discusses the context, real-time impacts, and historical importance of these movements, all the while keeping her book concise and accessible. I’ve learned so much from my first read-th......more

so enlightening. never realized how much black farmers suffered and how much they impact entire black food justice. I had to read this for a research paper but it was super interesting......more

Freedom Farmers expands the historical narrative of the black freedom struggle to embrace the work, roles, and contributions of southern black farmers and the organizations they formed. Whereas existing scholarship generally views agriculture as a site of oppression and exploitation of black people,......more

Freedom Farmers explores the often overlooked or ignored history of black farmers and farming/food cooperatives that were formed in the time of the civil rights movement in order to help black families survive and thrive in the South. Monica White starts by showing how three influential black men st......more

God damn god damn, this book is so necessary!!! Food sovereignty & food justice/climate justice goes wayyyyyy beyond the present -- I really, really appreciate having a much deeper knowledge of & appreciation for the history of Black farming resistance, self-sustenance, and the fight for liberation......more