Arc of justice, the rise, fall and rebirth of a beloved community
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Label
Arc of justice, the rise, fall and rebirth of a beloved community
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Arc of justice
Oclc number
980289614
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Originally produced by New Day Films in 2016
Runtime
22
Sub title
the rise, fall and rebirth of a beloved community
Summary
This film traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. and the struggle for racial justice and economic empowerment among African Americans in southwest Georgia. NCI was created in 1969 in Albany, Georgia by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, including Congressman John Lewis, and Charles and Shirley Sherrod, to help secure economic independence for African American families. For 15 years, NCI cooperatively farmed nearly 6,000 acres, the largest tract of land in the United States owned by African Americans at the time, but racist opposition prevented them from implementing plans to build 500 affordable homes as part of their community land trust. Unable to secure government loans to cope with the impact of successive years of drought, NCI lost the land to foreclosure in 1985. But 25 years later it was given new life as a result of a successful and little-known class action lawsuit brought by hundreds of African American farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for loan discrimination. With the settlement, the original founders purchased a 1,600-acre plantation once owned by the largest slave owner and richest man in Georgia. NCI is now growing pecans and using the antebellum mansion on the property as a retreat and training center, still committed to its original mission of promoting racial justice and economic development
Technique
live action
Genre
Subject
- Documentary films
- Black people
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Economic conditions
- Streaming video
- Georgia -- Rural conditions -- History
- Minority groups + History -- 1964-
- Land tenure -- Georgia -- History
- African Americans + Land tenure
- Minority groups + Land tenure
- Minority groups + Civil rights + History
- African Americans + History -- 1964-
- BIPOC + Suffrage -- Georgia
- African Americans + History -- 1877-1964
- BIPOC -- Georgia -- Economic conditions
- Black people + Land tenure
- Black people + History -- 1964-
- Collective farms -- Georgia
- Collective settlements -- Georgia
- BIPOC + History -- 1877-1964
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Albany
- Black people + Suffrage -- Georgia
- Black people -- Georgia -- Economic conditions
- Black people + Civil rights + History
- African American + Suffrage -- Georgia
- BIPOC + Land tenure
- African American farmers -- Georgia
- African Americans + Civil rights + History
- Minority groups -- Georgia -- Economic conditions
- BIPOC
- Black people + History -- 1877-1964
- Minority groups + History -- 1877-1964
- BIPOC + History -- 1964-
- BIPOC + Civil rights + History
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- Documentary films
- Black people
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Economic conditions
- Streaming video
- Georgia -- Rural conditions -- History
- Minority groups + History -- 1964-
- Land tenure -- Georgia -- History
- African Americans + Land tenure
- Minority groups + Land tenure
- Minority groups + Civil rights + History
- African Americans + History -- 1964-
- BIPOC + Suffrage -- Georgia
- African Americans + History -- 1877-1964
- BIPOC -- Georgia -- Economic conditions
- Black people + Land tenure
- Black people + History -- 1964-
- Collective farms -- Georgia
- Collective settlements -- Georgia
- BIPOC + History -- 1877-1964
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Albany
- Black people + Suffrage -- Georgia
- Black people -- Georgia -- Economic conditions
- Black people + Civil rights + History
- African American + Suffrage -- Georgia
- BIPOC + Land tenure
- African American farmers -- Georgia
- African Americans + Civil rights + History
- Minority groups -- Georgia -- Economic conditions
- BIPOC
- Black people + History -- 1877-1964
- Minority groups + History -- 1877-1964
- BIPOC + History -- 1964-
- BIPOC + Civil rights + History
- Content1
- Distributor2
- resource.filmdirector2
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