It Would Make a Movie Scene

The story would make for a scene in a movie. The county supervisor shows up. So does the US Marshall and his deputies. All have guns on their hips. There are five 18-wheelers there to carry away the property from the farm, all lined up down the road. In 100 degree weather Mr. Farmer sits under the shade tree waiting for the attorney to arrive. Mr. Farmer's son, also a farmer, shows up at just that moment and demands that the law know his rights, dressed in his marine attire. Family members watch it all from the window. The farmers won this stand-off. It would happen again.

Mr. and Mrs. Farmer have met their maker. They died prematurely in the Cause. The family estimated at one time that they had spent 100,000 hours fighting for their farm. On three separate occasions the federal government had agreements to settle with them, but on three occasions they finagled their way out of them.

Miraculously, this family still owns the farm. Their stories must be told.

The full story of the black farmer documentary is found here.