How many of us walk through life talking about a piece of history with such conviction... ...only to find out we were wrong. So, so wrong. Listen to EP 1 of Forty Acres and a Lie: a new series from Reveal and The Center for Public Integrity. bit.ly/3Rrs2oJ

Thousands of Freemen’s Bureau documents to search, here’s one from Galveston in October 1865. The Center for Public Integrity freedmen.motherjones.com/document/NMAAH…

It’s here! In this episode, ⁦April Simpson⁩ & Nadia Hamdan 🤌🏼 نادية حمدان take us to a plantation in SC that was granted to former slaves. They talk to descendants of a freedman whose 40 acres were revoked & to descendants of his enslaver. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rev… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rev…

40 Acres and a Mule wasn’t just a broken promise. It was a betrayal of Black Americans that has fueled a racial wealth gap that continues today. This week on Reveal, the first in our three-part series with The Center for Public Integrity: 40 Acres and a Lie. revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…

"I know this is sacred land here cause it's my ancestors and I feel it.” We identified 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans who were given land under 40 Acres and a Mule—only to see it returned to enslavers. 🎧 part 1/3 Reveal The Center for Public Integrity: bit.ly/4b2gsHI

It’s a bit overwhelming to hear one’s self on national radio, nevertheless a big, important show like Reveal. How many of us use “40 acres and a mule,” to refer to a debt that’s owed Black Americans without truly understanding what it means? revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…

🎧In this episode, Nadia Hamdan 🤌🏼 نادية حمدان and I take you to Edisto Island, SC, to meet the descendants of a formerly enslaved man who gained, and then lost 40 acres. And we have a hard conversation with the descendants of an enslaver who are still on “40 acres” land. revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…

A new investigative report reveals that while the federal government did grant land to the formerly enslaved after the Civil War, it also took that land back and returned it to white southerners. amna speaks to Alexia Fernández Campbell to learn more.

New: 40 Acres and a Lie, Part 2 from The Center for Public Integrity Residents in an elite community on Skidaway Island say they live in “paradise.” Do they know that formerly enslaved people were promised, and lost, land there? 🎧 Who they were and what happened: revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr… /

Part 2 is here! Listen now:

Out today: Nadia Hamdan 🤌🏼 نادية حمدان and I visit an expensive gated community in Georgia where dozens of freed families received land titles & had built an independent Black settlement — A 40 Acres utopia that wouldn’t last long… The Center for Public Integrity podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rev…

New: 40 Acres and a Lie, Part 2 “You could feel chills to know that they had it and then they just pulled the rug from under them." Inside the elite white enclave just off the coast of Georgia that was once a Black utopia for formerly enslaved people revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…

Many people are aware of the history of “forty acres.” We’ve always known the “what” of it all. But when Alexia Fernández Campbell found that first land title — we started learning “who.” It’s the largest collection of land title holders ever put together. Listen to Part 2:

Mother Jones and Reveal sued OpenAI today for copyright violation...in other words, vacuuming up our content without paying for it. Here's our press release about the lawsuit. #OpenAI #ArtificialIntelligence motherjones.com/press-releases…

NEW: Calls for reparations were ignored for decades. Now, local governments are taking up the cause – and outrage is growing. In the last episode of 40 Acres and a Lie, we explore the renewed push for giving reparations to descendants of enslaved people. revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…

Over-taxation. Racist laws. Eminent domain. On the final episode of our 40 Acres and a Lie series, we trace the land loss and wealth gap that continue for Black Americans—and a new era in the fight for reparations: revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…

Our third and final episode is here. And we end on a topic that was brought of many times throughout the series: reparations.

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