Journal-isms.com Roundtable Today, 7 P.M. — Trump Ridiculed Over ‘Black Jobs’ Comment

Journal-isms Roundtabletoday. Monday 7 p.m. On ZOOM and simulcast on Facebook. Check following url for agenda: https://www.journal-isms.com/notices-6-20-24/ ’40 Acres and a Lie,’ Matt Murray at July 1 Roundtable. “Our historical investigation found 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans who were given land — only to see it returned to their enslavers.”

That’s the short summary for the more than two-year investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting, that unearthed thousands of records once buried in the National Archives.

After the Civil War, the federal government’s pledge of 40 acres and a mule to the formerly enslaved has been known as a broken promise. But a new report reveals that not only did the government grant land to hundreds of people, it also took that land back and returned it to white southerners. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Alexia Fernández Campbell of the Center for Public Integrity.