LDF Issues Letter to the Tennessee Department of Transportation Expressing Support for Black Farmers in Rural West Tennessee
May 13, 2023
May 13, 2023
NEW YORK, May 13 (TNSgov) -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news and letter:
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) addressing serious concerns following reports that the agency is abusing eminent domain to seize farmland from Black farmers in West Tennessee to build a highway to a new Ford electric vehicle plant known as BlueOval City.
"Black community members deserve to sh . . .
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) addressing serious concerns following reports that the agency is abusing eminent domain to seize farmland from Black farmers in West Tennessee to build a highway to a new Ford electric vehicle plant known as BlueOval City.
"Black community members deserve to sh . . .