June 19 is celebrated by Black Americans as Juneteenth, marking the date in 1865 that former slaves were informed of their freedom, albeit two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Land GrabThe proportion of the United States under Black ownership has actually shrunk over the last 100 years or so. Another study shows a 98% decline in Black farmers between 1920, and 1997. The Jamaican social theorist Sylvia Wynter called this land “the plot.”The principles of collective land ownership evolved in post-slavery Black America. At the same time, Black Americans are also forging a cultural commons through events such as DJ D-Nice’s Club Quarantine—a hugely popular online dance party.