Record #:

3925

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 11, Nov 1998, p52-56,59-63, il

Subject(s):

African American farmers; African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.; Pigford, Timothy Charles, 1951-; United States. Farmers Home Administration