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November
28, 2005
LAW & JUSTICE; Pg. 49
BLACK FARMERS PROTEST
* BLACK FARMERS PROTEST: John Boyd (l), president of the National
Black Farmers Association, protests during an auction in Pleasant
Ridge, KY, of farm land owned by Black farmer Harry Young (not
shown) as Deputy U.S. Marshal Mark Sherrad motions for the crowd
to move back. The Farm Service Agency evicted Young, 77, a third-generation
farmer, from his home in July because he owed more than $ 748,000
in federal loans and interest. At the auction, Young's brother,
Charles Young, Sr., paid $ 35,000 for the house and some limited
property surrounding it. "There are still some human beings
in the world," said Harry Young, pleased that his brother
bought the house and he was able to move back in. Young said he
did not have the same repayment options other farmers frequently
are given. "If you're Black, you don't get what the White
farmer gets. It's racist." The National Black Farmers Association
has asked the U.S. Inspector General's Office to investigate the
foreclosure, Boyd said.
GRAPHIC: Picture, no caption, AP
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