“I thought that the elderly farmers would get their money and get to live a few happy days of their lives. They deserve the money before they leave God’s earth.”
John W. Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, on the number of farmers who have died while Washington delays payment from a negotiated settlement to compensate black farmers who claimed that the Agriculture Department had discriminated against them in making loans. (New York Times)
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