Study puts a price on land taken from African Americans: $326bn

This is how much land lost as a result of state-sanctioned violence and intimidation in the 20th century is worth

03 May 2022 - 19:55 By Zijia Song

African-American farmers lost about $326bn worth of land in the US due to discrimination during the 20th century, a study found...

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