
Courtney Kocak
Historian/researcher and featured guest on this episode, discussing the Colored Farmers Alliance and early Black cooperativism in the U.S., providing historical context and analysis.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 44min
Part Two: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early Black Cooperativism in the US
Courtney Kocak, historian and researcher of Black cooperative movements, traces the Colored Farmers Alliance and early Black cooperativism in the postwar South. She explores secret organizing, cooperative stores and schools, strikes and violent clashes, and how these efforts fed later cooperative networks. The conversation highlights institutional innovation, resistance, and long echoes in modern cooperative work.


