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Source: Mississippi Free Press

10/28/2021

Black Women in Noxubee County, Miss. Fight Historical Inequities Exposed by COVID

COVID-19 has highlighted the historical processes of agricultural labor, land ownership, and economic underdevelopment that have made Black residents of Noxubee County in eastern Mississippi vulnerable to both illness and economic from the pandemic.

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Black Women in Noxubee County, Miss. Fight Historical Inequities Exposed by COVID