To feed “King Cotton,” more than a million African Americans were carried off into the Deep South. That’s two and a half times the number that were brought to the United States from Africa.

"Africa is a vibrant and exciting region for cotton production and our expansion on the continent is demonstrative of that," said Alan McClay, Better Cotton's CEO. "At the heart of our mission are ...

A Facebook post from March 7 revealed that the account for the official government of Barbados put out the call to action.

Thirty varieties of cotton have been found growing spontaneously in Africa A mis sionary says he has stood erect under the branches ot a cotton tree in a Goulah village1 so heavily laden with ...

A project by Bizpando, AbTF and the International Cotton Advisory Committee hopes to advance carbon credit initiatives in cotton farming.

Progress has different meanings for different people. And for people of African descent, the cotton gin was not progress. It was a further entrenchment of enslavement. And for African Americans ...

However, most African cotton is exported unprocessed, and the continent currently accounts for less than two percent of global spinning, weaving and knitting capacity, making it a net importer of ...

Trio of organisations launch initiative to generate carbon credits from African cotton farming; US EPA takes wrecking ball to environmental regulation; CERAWeek: Glo ...

which is why cotton still conjures up memories of an oppressive past for many African Americans. But one man is on a mission to change that one conversation at a time. Deaon Griffin-Pressley is an ...