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Farm Security Administration

BLACK FARMERS’ SETTLEMENT.  On December 8, President Obama signed legislation that provided $1.15 billion to black farmers who sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the 1997 case, Pigford v. Glickman.  In the suit, which settled out of court 11 years ago, the farmers claimed the government discriminated against them by denying or cheating them out of federal aid.  More than 75,000 farmers will receive up to $50,000 each.  Some have suggested that it made a difference to have a black man in the White House.  In any case, the symbolism is clear, as is the message that the government wants to correct a grievous injustice.  “This is a settlement that addressed a historical wrong, I mean something that this country is not about and should not be about,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.

Black farmers' settlement draws to a close

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In the 1980s, black farmers began their legal battle against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Litigation that began nearly 30 years ago will come to an end in just a few days...
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Slideshow: Rare WWII-era black sharecropper pics

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theGRIO REPORT - Shot between 1939 and 1941 by the Farm Security Administration, these images show the harsh living conditions of blacks farming on rented...
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