In just a few decades after the end of slavery, Black Americans were able to amass millions of acres of farmland. Today approximately 90% of that land is no longer in Black hands. Various tactics have been employed to take Black land including violence, eminent domain and government discrimination. But it is a little-known law, Heirs' Property which has had a devastating effect on Black land ownership. Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land examines the causes, effects, and what is being done to fight the exploitation of this law and how landowners are reclaiming their agricultural legacy and creating paths to generational wealth.
—Eternal Polk