I think this was probably more of what made the news - the other part about qualifying for loans isn’t part of anything I’ve found so far but I do recall it from articles at the time and the controversy about Vilsack. She died according to two different articles online - one September 2019 and one September 2020. I guess only her family would know the actual year.
“”Shirley Sherrod sued Andrew Breitbart, Larry O’Connor and others over a video of Sherrod giving a speech before an NAACP group, in which she recounted how in the distant past when she worked for a state agency, she had discriminated against a white farmer. Breitbart’s widow was substituted as a defendant after his death.””
Also this; apparently she didn’t die in September 2019 as this is dated October 2019..
I find this curious. Why in 107 years, did blacks lose so much farm land? Why weren’t they able to farm and hold onto their land AFTER the Civil Rights Act was passed?
“”In 1910, black farmers owned more than 15 million acres of land. In 2017, that number was down to 4 million acres, according to the agricultural census.””
“ Why weren’t they able to farm and hold onto their land AFTER the Civil Rights Act was passed?”
We all know that answer .
LBJ wanted blacks dependent on the government