Chef Adrian Lipscombe was startled last spring when the unsolicited donations began arriving at her Wisconsin cafe and bakery. Just days had passed since the murder of George Floyd by police in ...

In June last year, the chef Adrian Lipscombe launched the “40 Acres and a Mule Project,” a reference to the broken promise of reparations for American slaves after the Civil War, with the goal of ...

Juneteenth has always been a day of celebration for Adrian Lipscombe, chef-owner of Uptowne Café & Bakery in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The Texas-native grew up observing June 19 as a holiday with family ...

The most deleterious of the effects of the industrialization of farming in the United States is the drastic decline of the small white family farmers and the near disappearance of the black family ...

SAVANNAH, Ga.-It was an attempt by the U.S. government to help former slaves on the road to freedom. Known by the phrase "40 acres and a mule," it came to symbolize America's broken promises during a ...

To the emancipated African-American, ownership of a piece of rich, red loam was an empowering thing. As stated in “Black Farmers in America,” by John Francis Ficara and Juan Williams, “It was true ...