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A landmark $3-billion court settlement was reached between Black farmers and the U. S. Department of Agriculture to compensate Black growers for decades of unequal treatment.  Dr. John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, discusses the findings of a new investigation that reveals that almost 90 percent of the Black farmers in the settlement have been denied payment.    (2725)

 

 

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