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3925
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Timothy Pigford of Bladen County has been in the forefront of a legal struggle against the Farmers Home Administration. His suit charges that the agency discriminated against black farmers by denying loans or making loan acquisitions more difficult than for whites. Now, after two decades, the government must choose between settling out of court or facing a $3 billion class action suit.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 11, Nov 1998,
p52-56,59-63, il
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19700
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With a Democratically controlled government in 1870, voting rights for African Americans were limited and restricted by what became known as the \"white man's\" party, or the Democratic Party, for the next 25 years. During that 25 year span, more African Americans entered the political arena and challenged the Democratic suppression of the suffrage amendment.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 13 Issue 1, Jan 1936,
p1-24, f
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