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Pigford v. Glickman (1999) was a class action lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), alleging that it had racially discriminated against African-American farmers in its allocation of farm loans and assistance from 1981 to 1996.
The settlement was for almost $1 billion, which has been paid or credited to fewer than 20,000 farmers under the settlement's consent decree, the largest civil rights settlement until that point.
More: ‘Always tell your story’: Black farmers race to apply for discrimination compensation Applications for DFAP payments can be made online, by mail or at regional offices around the country ...
The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the president ...
Black American farmers are more likely to rent rather than own the land on which they live, which in turn made them less likely to be able to afford to buy land later. [17] In the year 2010, President Barack Obama authorized the payment of 1.25 billion dollars from the USDA to black American farmers as a settlement in Pigford v. Glickman.
The case required a $50,000 dollar settlement to every discriminated farmer. However, many potential victims missed the application deadline for a settlement. The bill sets aside $1.5 billion for the estimated 75,000 farmers who are eligible for a settlement. [3] [4] The bill also includes the settlement of the $3.4 billion Cobell v.
L.V. Jackson, a retired farmer, and his brother-in-law James Melvin Johnson Sr. pose for a portrait on a part of Johnson’s 40 acres of farmland in Jackson, Tenn., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.
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