President Obama signs a copy of the black farmers bill for John Boyd, also in the Photo is Adrian Boyd Click here to learn the next steps in the bill passing process and what you need to know.
Discrimination-claims process extended:
April 9, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the application deadline for Latino and women farmers who can prove they were victims of loan discrimination between 1981 and 2000.
Nyack NAACP 53rd Annual Dinner
April 25, 2012
In the late 1980s, John Boyd was a hard working fourth-generation Virginia farmer just trying to stay ahead. When his loan request was turned down again and again by the Dept. of Agriculture and his requests for other forms of state assistance available for farmers were ignored, John...
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