Black farmers rally support for $2.5B payout

Black farmers and their supporters were vocal Saturday in their demand that the federal government stop foreclosing on African-American farmers and release the $2.5 billion they say belongs to them. Nearly 2,000 people, some from as far away as Texas, roared their approval at the Lake Terrace Convention Center as they agreed to endorse a declaration by the Black Farmers and Agriculturists Association Inc. to challenge what they say is a government conspiracy to deny them money from a civil rights lawsuit settlement. [more]