 And through him and interviews, she was a research partner for me, but also helped me to understand that land is more than just a commodity. You know, when I started out writing the book, I was really thinking of reparations in this dollar amount way, which is really important too. But for her, it was understanding that to her and my grandfather and my great, great, great grandfather, Louis Baker, who first bought land in the 1880s, just after emancipation, that land was the opportunity to