Mayday Book Club: Freedom Farmers
📚join us virtually this Sunday, November 13th from 12-2pm to discuss Part One: Land, Food, and Freedom of Freedom Farmers by Monica M. White
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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, this book reveals agriculture as a site of resistance and provides a historical foundation that adds meaning and context to current conversations around the resurgence of food justice/sovereignty movements in urban spaces like Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City, and New Orleans.
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we recommend our favorite local bilingual bookstore @milmundosnyc for those looking to purchase a copy but also encourage folks to reach out to us for free options such as pdf or audio
look out for part two later in the month! 🌱🌿🌱
