The Little-Known Committee That Has Cost Black Farmers for Generations

The Little-Known Committee That Has Cost Black Farmers for Generations

This is the first story in Capital B’s “Gatekeepers of the Land,” a multipart series that explores a small but powerful county committee system and its role in diminishing Black political power and resources for Black farmers. This project is a result of the Investigative Reporting and Editors Chauncey Bailey Journalist of Color Fellowship. It is also made possible with funding from the Data Driven Reporting Project.  Growing up in rural Georgia…