For information on 40 acres and a mule and its historical relevance, see the first link below:
(1865) General William T. Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15 | BlackPast.org
For information on the Black Belt thesis:
The Black Belt Nation Thesis: Black Nationalism
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_acres_and_a_mule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_land_loss_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_self-determination
Sherman’s Field Order No. 15 https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/aale/pdfs2/1865%20Sherman%27s%20Field%20Order%20No%2015.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw6mwwnznbI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ezmxXsGYW8
Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A12Rv68Aa30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBBPRnITEX4
Black Belt Nation Thesis https://www.marxists.org/archive/forman/self-determination/ch-3.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpHNolgk0eQ https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/1956-1960/haywood02.htm http://www.marx2mao.com/Other/CR75.html
Sharecropping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-K4pn0AHu0 https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/
Gaining Ground Film https://gaininggroundthefilm.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1JiakVqAxI
Black farmers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdrtFdXhiGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGJNyO7Us1Y
Organization of Black farmers https://www.blackfarmers.org/ https://www.blackfarmerscollective.com/ https://msminorityfarmersalliance.com/
Loss of Black Owned Land https://blacklandloss.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY3S20zGMiU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDX5s0QCW2A
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