Episode 5: The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1

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Society & Culture, History, News

4.6 • 32.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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More than a century and a half after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land ownership in America remains one of loss and dispossession. June and Angie Provost, who trace their family line to the enslaved workers on Louisiana’s sugar-cane plantations, know this story well. On today’s episode: The Provosts spoke with Adizah Eghan and Annie Brown, producers for “1619.” “1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.

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0:00.0	Yeah, just be careful because it will kind of slice you.
0:14.4	That is not a better sound to hear that sure it can move.
0:21.4	Very thick.
0:25.4	You know, to turn over that dirt into watch this thing from a few inches to draw into
0:31.3	almost a 12 foot stalk is just, it's amazing.
0:39.3	I mean, I don't realize how depressed I get, you know, when I see people getting ready
0:43.8	to play in King because that was my time of the year.
0:46.3	That was like, I would wake up and just so pumped, ready to go to the shop and start repairing
0:51.0	wagons.
0:55.2	That was my, you know, just, that was mine.
1:03.8	And I miss it so much.
1:09.9	I can't say enough how I miss this.
1:14.9	Do you think the field's missing?
1:17.8	Oh, I know it miss me because I used to talk to them all the time.
1:21.2	What would you say?
1:22.2	I mean, I want y'all to do well, I want y'all to grow well.
1:26.6	Sounds silly to another person like, why are you talking to dirt?
1:29.8	But it's just like, the love that you have for the land is just, I mean, it's unreal.
1:36.8	It's unreal.
1:37.8	What would you say to it now?
1:44.5	That I wanted back.
1:46.5	From the New York Times magazine, I'm the Cole Hannah Jones.
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