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Slavery’s ghost haunts cotton gin factory’s transformation
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoPRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure...
CottonConnect Releases Code of Conduct for Gins
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCottonConnect has released a new resource for cotton gins that aims to raise standards for one of the most critical stages of cotton production. The...
Man gets stuck in cotton gin, dies before deputies arrive, Texas sheriff says
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoA man died following an incident with a wood chipper in Texas, according to local authorities. The...
Yale student wants street named after Eli Whitney renamed
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStory at a glance Yale University business student Robert Lucas is proposing renaming Whitney Avenue...
Central Texas farmers facing lack of hay, reduced cotton crop due to exceptional drought
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTHRALL — Anthony Gola looked at less than an inch of water left in his tank to quench his cattle's...
How Emmett Till's mother defied threats to her life and fought for justice
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwenty-four days after her son's swollen body was found in the Tallahatchie River, tied to a...
Drought takes toll on country’s largest cotton producer
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe cotton harvest is about to get underway in the Texas High Plains, the windswept region that...
Crowd gets sneak peek at Prattville's $37 million 'gin shop' project
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPRATTVILLE - It was a chilly night in Prattville to get a sneak peak at some of the hottest real...
What you need to know for this Saturday's Heritage and Harvest Porch Tour in Louisiana
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Heritage and Harvest Porch Tour Saturday, October 8, 2022, from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m., will take...
Kentucky once led the U.S. in this crop, later banned. What to know about the history
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen advocates ramped up efforts to revive industrial hemp as a legal crop in Kentucky in the 1980s,...