>>Where did you getthe $13 million figure? The amount was 300 K.
I believe her settlement was bundled together with others in her co-op with a total value of $13 million.
I’d like to know more about that whole deal, and how she came to be working for the same agency right afterward.
Not so sure if you can trust all of this, but TPM has a pretty good wrap-up of this story (if you can read just for facts):
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/shirley_sherrod_and_the_discrimination_of_black_fa.php?ref=fpa
None of the money awarded in any of the Pigford Farms settlements has actually been received by any of the plaintiffs.
I didn’t know until this morning that Sherrod’s FATHER was shot in the back and killed back in 1965 under mysterious circumstances by a “white farmer.” That is what her discussion of “45 years ago” meant in her full speech - she was describing how God helped her move past her fear and her own anger at white people.
It’s actually a very moving testimony. Too bad that Breitbart only had the small clip - the whole speech is excellent.