In this Color Of Conversation, Al Roker discusses a documentary that he executive through his production company Al Roker Entertainment entitled "Gaining Ground" The Fight For Black Land, a documentary that focuses on the struggles, triumphs and the resilience of black farmers in America. "Gaining Ground" showcases the importance of preserving not only the land but also the Legacy and the heritage of those who have toiled and cultivated this land for Generations. Executive Prodcuer Al Roker speaks to Eternal Polk, Director, Prof. Thomas Mitchell and Tharlyn Fox, LEAP Coalition Manager at John Deere.
In just a few decades after the end of enslavement, Black Americans were able to amass millions of acres of farmland. Today approximately 90% of that land is no longer in Black hands. Various factors have been employed to take Black land including violence, eminent domain and government discrimination. But it is a little-known issue - heirs’ property - which has had a devastating effect on Black land ownership. Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land is a timely and stirring documentary from Emmy-nominated Producer/Director Eternal Polk, John Deere, and Al Roker Entertainment that examines the causes, effects, and what is being done to fight the exploitation of these issues and how landowners are reclaiming their agricultural legacy and creating paths to generational wealth.
00:00 intro
00:58 storytelling the amplifies black voices
5:44 process called intestacy
7:05 L.E.A.P
11:08 finding those voices
15:33 National Black Growers council
16:23 quantifiably making a difference
21:33 property rich and cash poor
22:48 uniformed partition act
23:15 gainingground.com
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