Volume
51
Issue
6
DOI
10.34068/joe.51.06.03
Abstract
African-Americans' connection to the land is rapidly disappearing, and with it goes the cultural, political, and socio-economic capital that has helped this population, especially in southern states. There has been a severe decline in black landownership since 1910, resulting in rural counties with predominantly black populations becoming pockets of enduring poverty. Judicious investments in efforts to solve black land loss may lead to solutions to a larger problem: engagement of non-industrial private forestland owners in sustainable land management. Strengthening black forest-based communities as places to invest and live can build on this rich Southern heritage.
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Recommended Citation
Christian, C. S., Fraser, R., & Diop, A. (2013). African-American Land Loss and Sustainable Forestry in the Southeast: An Analysis of the Issues, Opportunities, and Gaps. The Journal of Extension, 51(6), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.51.06.03
