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Preserving a Legacy: Opening of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund Records

The Center is excited to announce the opening of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (FSC/LAF) Records.

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives’s Housing Program

In 1966 in Sumter County, Alabama, forty black families of former sharecroppers formed the Panola Land Buying Association (PLBA).

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives and the Nicaraguan revolution

Nicaragua was ruled for 43 years by the Somoza family as a dictatorship. On July 19, 1979, a new government was established.

How the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Used Films About Water Management to Inspire Action

The manipulation of water appears as an organizational priority within the records of FSC's collection of moving image materials at Amistad.

Federation of Southern Cooperatives and the Fight against Black Land Loss

Made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Humanities Collections and Reference Resources.

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives Training and Research Center (RTRC)

Formed out of the civil rights movement, the RTRC was established in 1967 to create community-based economic development opportunities.

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