400 Years Since 1619: Black Farmers Call a Letter Sent by Banks to the USDA Warning Against Debt Forgiveness a Threat

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that, as with most things in this country, the farming industry hasn’t exactly been welcoming to Black people throughout the entirety of this country’s modern history. In an effort to rectify the injustices Black farmers have had to endure, the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package passed…