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  • Pigford v. Glickman: 86,000 claims from 39,697 total farmers?

    07/27/2010 10:20:30 PM PDT · by Bhoy · 31 replies · 13+ views
    Pajamas Media ^ | July 7, 2010 | Zombie
    If there are only 39,697 African-American farmers grand total in the entire country, then how can over 86,000 of them claim discrimination at the hands of the USDA? Where did the other 46,303 come from? Now, if you’re confused over what the heck I’m even talking about, let’s go back to the beginning of the story: Pigford v. Glickman In 1997, 400 African-American farmers sued the United States Department of Agriculture, alleging that they had been unfairly denied USDA loans due to racial discrimination during the period 1983 to 1997. The farmers won the case, known as Pigford v. Glickman,...