Land and power : sustainable agriculture and African Americans : a collection of essays from the 2007 Black Environmental Thought Conference

Land and Power: Sustainable Agriculture and African Americans features a selection of the presentations, posters, discussions, and performances that made up this extraordinary, joyous event. The authors capture the perspectives of various Black American cultural leaders about land and power as they relate to sustainable agriculture and Black American traditions. Land and Power places African American farmers, their cultural traditions, and the historical circumstances they have faced squarely in the forefront of the sustainable agriculture movement. Sustainable Agriculture And African Americans: Land And Power / Jeffrey L. Jordan ... [et Al.] -- George Washington Carver: A Blazer Of Trails To A Sustainable Future / John S. Ferrell -- York, Harriet, And George: Writing African American Ecological Ancestors / Kimberly N. Ruffin -- The Transformation Of George Washington Carver's Environmental Vision, 1896-1918 / Mark D. Hersey -- The Deep Roots Of Our Land-based Heritage: Environmental, Social, And Cultural Implications / Owusu Bandele -- Theoretical Perspectives On The Cultural Foundations Of Sustainable Agriculture And African American Farmers: Toward A Black Agroecology / Kwasi Densu -- The Physical And Social Environment Of African American Agricultural Communities Of The New Deal Resettlement Administration / Tasha M. Hargrove And Robert Zabawa -- Mrs. Block Beautiful: African American Women And The Birth Of The Urban Conservation Movement, Chicago, Il, 1917-1954 / Sylvia Hood Washington -- Preserving African-american Rural Property: An Assessment Of Intergenerational Values Toward Land / Edward Jerry Pennick, Heather Gray, And Miessha N. Thomas -- The Holy Land Is All The Earth / Louis Alemayehu -- Power In The Blood / Louis Alemayehu -- Pachamama Got The Blues / Louis Alemayehu -- African American Environmentalism: Issues And Trends For Teaching, Research, And Extension / Clyde E. Chesney -- Environmental Thought And Activism: An 1890 Land-grant University Perspective / Walter A. Hill. Edited By Jeffrey L. Jordan ... [et Al.] Includes Bibliographical References.