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PositionOn the Line - Brief Article

Oak Grove, Louisiana

Black farmers from twelve states took over a U.S. Department of Agriculture office in northern Louisiana for four days in November to protest unfair lending practices. In 1999, the USDA settled a class-action lawsuit filed by black farmers and promised to pay out more than $600 million. Farmers charge that the federal agency has been slow in distributing the...

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