Black Farmers Rally In Washington For Delayed Settlement Payments

February 17th, 2010

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied
In 1997 the Pigford v. Glickman class action lawsuit was filed against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), alleging racial discrimination in providing farm loans to African Americans from 1983 and 1997. The lawsuit originally ended with a 1999 settlement in which the U.S. government agreed to pay [...]

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