How Black Americans Were Robbed of Their Land

Through the story of the Scott family of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Atlantic writer Vann R. Newkirk II examines how Black Americans lost millions of acres of farmland over the 20th century.

A clear-eyed investigation into a little-known, systematic theft that reshaped Black American wealth.

Over the course of the 20th century, black Americans have lost approximately 12 million acres of land. This mass land dispossession—a war waged by deed of title, which has affected 98 percent of black farmers—can only be

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