president Barack Obama in December 2010 allotting $1.25 billion to African American farmers. According to the article disbursement of the money, which constitutes a settlement of discrimination claims against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has been delayed by the claims process and action by ...
In 1999, a federal district court judge approved a settlement agreement and consent decree inPigford v. Glickman,1a class action discrimination suit between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and black farmers. Due to concerns about the large number of applicants who did not obtain a d...
An additional attempt took place in 1919 when Henry Denison, secretary of the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Patriotic Fund, put forward a proposal to use the land as a settlement colony for soldiers returning from the First World War. Unsurprisingly, Smith opposed the renewed bid to obtain th...
Disney-Marvel’s“Black Panther” is heading for a$235 milliondebut over the four-day President’s Day weekend.[1]The movie is acomic-bookfantasythat is being touted to the masses as a sense of black empowerment.Black Panther, the movie, is a falseILLUSIONofBlack Empowerment. I have not...
Black Farmers Receive Settlement Checks In Class-Action LawsuitDiscusses the settlement between black farmers and the United States Department of Agriculture for denial of claims caused by hasty...
It states that the agreement serves as a settlement for the lawsuit filed by the black farmers against the agency for its alleged discriminatory loan-lending practices. It is noted that the Congress is ready to provide the needed funds for the settlement.Benentt...
Black farmers applaud $billion settlement: 10,000 to reap cash benefitsPorter, Virginia L
Black farmers still await discrimination settlementBrowneMarshall, Gloria J
Measure Providing $4.6 Billion Settlement for Black Farmers and American Indians Becomes Law.The article reports on the signing of legislation that resolves legal challenges against the government by African American farmers and American Indians.SYMES...
Reports that Judge Paul L. Friedman has approved a settlement for thousands of black farmers, despite protests from some that the deal with the United States Department of Agriculture to redress years of discrimination failed to go ...