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Special to the Democrat by: John Zippert, Co-Publisher On Monday, March 25, 2013, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced an extension until May 1, 2013 for Hispanic and women farmer and rancher claimants wishing to file for past discrimination by the United States Department of Agriculture in its farm loan programs. Class counsel lawyers for [...]
“Network of Black Farm Groups and Advocates” expresses concern about misinformation circulating around the South about the Lawsuit ATLANTA…On October 27, 2011, Judge Paul Friedman in the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC approved the “In Re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation Settlement” (known to many as Pigford 2). It took approximately 20 years of struggle [...]
On October 27, 2011 Judge Paul Friedman in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. approved the settlement of the Pigford II lawsuit, filed by black farmers against the USDA for discrimination in lending (otherwise known as “In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation”). Judge Friedman states in his order, that this settlement applies to all [...]
By: John Zippert, Co-Publisher At the conclusion of Thursday’s full day hearing on the fairness of the proposed settlement in the Pigford II, Black Farmers class action discrimination lawsuit against USDA, Federal District Judge Paul Friedman for the District of Columbia said he would “act very promptly on the joint motion of lawyers for [...]
EPES, ALABAMA: The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund announces its 44th Anniversary Celebration and 10th Estelle Witherspoon Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner. The kickoff for the celebration will be the Estelle Witherspoon Dinner in Birmingham on August 18 followed by the Annual Meeting at the Rural Training & Research Center in Epes, [...]
Lawyers for the Black farmers class action lawsuit have begun the public notice campaign for the Pigford II lawsuit by sending out a postcard. This postcard notice is being sent to “all individuals with identifiable addresses on file with the Facilitator in the original Pigford litigation”. The postcard seeks to inform farmers and their [...]
Leaders of the Network of Black Farm Groups and Advocates are shown at a press conference at the U. S. Capitol earlier in the year. They were working to pass funding for the Pigford II Black Farmers Lawsuit. By John Zippert, Co-Publisher On Friday November 19, 2010, after months of delays, the U. S. Senate [...]
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