Thousands of black American farmers denied part
of a landmark $2.3 billion civil rights settlement are asking Congress
for one more chance at compensation, a farm group said on Tuesday.
John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, said
he met with Democrats on Monday and was "very optimistic" that
lawmakers would soon introduce legislation to help black farmers. In
1999 under the Clinton administration, the federal government agreed
to compensate black farmers for decades of racial discrimination that
shut them out of billions of dollars in federal subsidies. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture agreed to pay at least $50,000 to each
eligible black farmer. [more]
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