40 Acres and Justice: The story of John Boyd A black farmer’s journey to justice It's 1979. Imagine you're a ninth-grade boy. You've lived in and around the New York metro area your whole life. One day, out of the blue, your parents announce you're moving south to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to farm with your grandparents. If you're John Boyd, you look back and think, "This turned out to be a really good thing, because my brother and I got out of mischief's way just in the