40 acres and a mule wasn’t just a broken promise—we unearthed documents that show Black Americans got land, then had it taken away

40 acres and a mule wasn’t just a broken promise—we unearthed documents that show Black Americans got land, then had it taken away

Patricia Bailey’s four-bedroom home sits high among the trees in lush Edisto Island, South Carolina. It’s a peaceful place where her body healed from multiple sclerosis. It’s also the source of her generational wealth. Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Bailey built this house on land that was […]