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.
Thanks, I’ll look at that later today.