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23 Feb 2023, 9:47 am by Reference Staff
However, in 1997 Shirley Sherrod and other Black farmers won a settlement in a lawsuit against the Farmers Home Administration and she established a new farm, Resora.Beginning in the early 1960’s the Nation of Islam included a call for land reparations in its ten point What the Muslims Want platform. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 5:26 am by Joe Consumer
[John Wesley Boyd Jr.] led an effort, known as the Black Farmers Late Claim Bill, to ensure that some 80,000 black farmers would receive compensation. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 5:26 am by Joe Consumer
[John Wesley Boyd Jr.] led an effort, known as the Black Farmers Late Claim Bill, to ensure that some 80,000 black farmers would receive compensation. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 8:47 am
" John Boyd, Jr. president of the National Black Farmers Association, said that there was a misunderstanding regarding the settlement and that the "agreement is set up to resolve discrimination claims of those who farmed as well as those who attempted to farm between 1981 and 1997. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 10:43 am
Court approval of the Pigford settlement is another important step to ensure some level of justice for black farmers and ranchers who faced discrimination when trying to obtain services from USDA," said Secretary Vilsack. [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 3:21 pm
As a senator, Barack Obama supported expanding compensation for black farmers, and then as president he pressed for $1.15 billion to pay those new claims. [read post]
21 May 2010, 7:12 am by South Florida Lawyers
Goodman’s attorney, the famed Miami defense lawyer Roy Black, said in a statement that “Mr. [read post]
6 Feb 2015, 6:31 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Court An excerpt: Plaintiff Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, fought for more than two decades to remedy discrimination against minority farmers. [read post]
24 Sep 2010, 6:41 am
Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Kay Hagan (D-NC), and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) will introduce a "bill to fund the $1.15 billion settlement that black farmers reached with U.S. [read post]
20 Mar 2016, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
It tells the stories of three slaves – Tom, Eliza, and George – who are owned by a farmer in Kentucky. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 10:34 pm by Walter Olson
” [Greenfield] “Class Counsel Request $90.8M In Fees In Black Farmers Case” [BLT] Law school accreditation, recusal standards, international law among topics in new issue of Federalist Society’s ABA Watch; Electricity-wise, EPA puts the squeeze on the juice [Andrew Grossman, Heritage; Weston Hicks, AgendaWise; Tatler] Tags: banks, contempt, disabled rights, international law, Maine, patent law, recusals, Richard Kreimer Related posts February… [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 11:22 am by Joe Consumer
Basically, during the early 1980s, African-American farmers began a movement to try to force the USDA to stop discriminating against black farmers over price support loans and other payments. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 11:22 am by Joe Consumer
Basically, during the early 1980s, African-American farmers began a movement to try to force the USDA to stop discriminating against black farmers over price support loans and other payments. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 3:42 am by Russ Bensing
”  The short version is that Carroll was a black waitress at a prestigious Baltimore restaurant, and Zantzinger, a wealthy local tobacco farmer,  was a customer. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 10:48 pm by GJEL
Class action settlements of this magnitude are historic. [read post]