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After 138 years, the stubborn myth of "forty acres and a mule" remains a political football and a sober reminder of the ex-slaves' broken hopes and shattered dreams. By the 1870s, blacks had abandoned hope of federal land redistribution, but many still saw "forty acres and a mule" as the key to freedom.
We’ve all heard the story of the “40 acres and a mule” promise to former slaves. It’s a staple of black history lessons, and it’s the name of Spike Lee’s film company.
Nov 9, 2022 · The failed promise of “40 acres and a mule denied African Americans the ability to generate financial self-sufficiency, which was needed in order to resist as much as possible the Jim Crow ...
Jun 13, 2024 · 40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles after the Civil War.
Jun 19, 2024 · After the Civil War, the federal government’s pledge of 40 acres and a mule to the formerly enslaved has been known as a broken promise. But a new report reveals that not only did the...
4 days ago · Created Equal: Uncovering the truth behind the phrase ’40 acres and a mule’. A new report from the Center for Public Integrity identified more than 1,200 Black Americans who were promised land and resources after the Civil War later saw it snatched away. The Freedmen's Bureau, depicted in this 1868 drawing, was created to give legal title ...
5 days ago · The promise of "40 acres and a mule", is often thought of as a broken one. But it turns out, some freed people actually received land as reparations after the Civil War. And what happened to that ...
