'Black Farmers in America'
https://www.npr.org/2005/02/22/5228987/black-farmers-in-america
Oct 12 2009
Hispanic Farmers Fight To Sue USDA
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113730694
Aug 25 2005 – May 29 2013
The Pigford Cases: USDA Settlement of Discrimination Suits by Black Farmers
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RS20430.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigford_v._Glickman
Feb 22 2013
Garcia v. Vilsack: A Policy and Legal Analysis of a USDA Discrimination Case
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R40988.html
Jan 05 2021
Black Farmers Disappointed In Biden's Pick For Secretary Of Agriculture
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/01/05/black-farmers-biden-vilsack
Mar 25 2021
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says only 0.1 percent of Trump administration’s COVID farm relief went to Black farmers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/25/vilsack-interview-usda-rescue-plan/
Mar 25 2021
A Brief History of Black Land Ownership in the U.S.
https://fairfarmsnow.org/black-land-ownership-in-the-maryland-farming-community/
Jun 23 2021
Judge Blocks $4 Billion U.S. Debt Relief Program for Minority Farmers
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/us/politics/biden-debt-relief-black-farmers.html
Sep 17 2021
Biden’s racial equity efforts for farmers of color hit legal roadblocks
Lawsuits claiming reverse discrimination are holding up efforts to cancel loan debts farmers of color owe.
https://publicintegrity.org/inside-publici/newsletters/watchdog-newsletter/bidens-racial-equity-black-farmers-of-color/
Jul 21 2022
Black Farmers Association President Says Food Shortage Is Near, Warns Biden
‘We’re going to see empty food shelves in the coming months,’ BFA head John Boyd predicts.
https://www.bet.com/article/ouubz4/black-famers-association-warns-biden-food-shortage
Aug 17 2022
Analysis: Biden debt relief plan disappoints Black farmers for avoiding race
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-debt-relief-plan-disappoints-black-farmers-avoiding-race-2022-08-17/
Aug 18 2022
Black farmers say Inflation Reduction Act reneges on promises for debt relief
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-farmers-usda-loan-relief-inflation-reduction-act-ira-john-boyd/
Oct 12 2022
Civil rights lawyer Crump sues US over repealed aid to Black farmers
Plaintiffs ‘risk losing their farms’ because debt relief wasn’t provided
https://rollcall.com/2022/10/12/civil-rights-lawyer-crump-sues-us-over-repealed-aid-to-black-farmers/
Oct 13 2022
Biden Administration Responds to Crump Lawsuit: ‘We Support Black Farmers too’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) strongly
supported the ARPA Section 1005 program and was ready to make payments to
direct loan borrowers,” USDA officials said in a statement. “However, the
$5 billion that was intended to help farmers was frozen by three nationwide
injunctions that prevented USDA from getting payments out the door.”
https://blackpressusa.com/biden-administration-responds-to-crump-lawsuit-we-support-black-farmers-too/