Unjust Sacrifices
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Captain Wendell O. Pruitt
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History of African American Farm Fami...
Through the lens of historic photographs, we learn a story of African American history. Today, African Americans in United States agriculture are virtually non-existent, and in a world of mechanized industrial farming, it is easy to forget the hands-on physical labor required in the past. The ric...
