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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before the House Agriculture Committee on the state of Black farmers in the U.S. Secretary Vilsack was joined by several Black farmers who talked …

John Boyd talked about Senate action on the settlement of long-standing racial discrimination claims by African-American farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Mr. Boyd a…

The National Action Network held a “Reclaim the Dream” rally at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. Speakers included Reverend Al Sharpton, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Urban League P…

Restricted to John Marshall Park along Pennsylvania Avenue, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition members and others spoke out against Bush administration policies and the Iraq War in particular. They also…

Protesters gathered to express their objections to a war in Iraq.

John Boyd talked about his organization’s opposition to remarks by Senator Lott saying that the country would have benefited from Senator Thurmond’s successful election as president in 1948.

Farmers and others gathered outside the Agriculture Department to protest on-going discrimination against minority farmers within the agriculture industry. At issue were loan grants, the tre…

John Boyd, the President and Founder of the National Black Farmers Association, talked about his group’s rally being held later in the day outside the U.S. Agriculture Department. He also ta…

Witnesses testified about the operation of the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the role of the Office of the General Counsel of the USDA in addressing discr…

The Congressional Black Caucus held a forum in which they heard black farmers tell of Agriculture Department foreclosures, loan rejections and discrimination against Black employees of the d…