(NNPA Newswire) – This week marks a monumental victory for Black farmers as they begin receiving payments from the $2.2 billion Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP). After decades ...

That’s the question to which John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association ... “This is taking too long; farmers are frustrated,” he told the AFRO one day before the ...

In the years following enslavement, there were nearly one million Black farmers in America. Today, there are approximately 45,000. The legacy of the African American farmer... To understand the ...

Black tobacco farmers fight to preserve a legacy despite hardship and systemic injustice. This episode explores the rich yet challenging history of Black tobacco farmers in Virginia. From the ...

John Boyd, Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association ... he describes as ongoing discrimination against African-American farmers.