National Black Farmers Association

WASHINGTON, DC -- John W. Boyd, Jr., founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives approved funding - as part of a larger - for the historic settlement to resolve decades of discrimination against black farmers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Washington—Congressman Artur Davis has introduced H.R. 3623, a follow-up on his successful efforts to reopen the Pigford Black farmers litigation for thousands of farmers who have alleged that their rights were violated by the USDA.   This bill is a companion to bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the Senate, and does the following: