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A photograph of Phillip “P.J.” Haynie III, his youngest son Trevor, and father Philip Haynie II, standing for a portrait in one of the family’s Virginia soybean fields

Broken Promises

They’ve Been Screwed Over for 160 Years. Trump Is Screwing Them More.

The United States government has been cheating Black farmers since the false promise of 40 acres and a mule. But leave it to the Trump administration to make things even worse.