Court Case
Pigford v. Glickman
Black farmers sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture over decades of racial discrimination in farm credit and benefit programs and the government's failure to process civil-rights complaints fairly.
Year
1999
Impact
Mixed
Status
Partially Active
Party
Unknown
Era
Contemporary Era
Impact Context
The consent decree produced compensation and some debt relief for thousands of Black farmers, but it also highlighted how much land, credit access, and economic opportunity had already been lost through USDA discrimination.
What This Policy Did
The consent decree produced compensation and some debt relief for thousands of Black farmers, but it also highlighted how much land, credit access, and economic opportunity had already been lost through USDA discrimination.
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Sources
U.S. Department of Justice • Government • Feb 18, 2010
DOJ announcement explaining the Pigford litigation history and the follow-on settlement process for excluded claimants.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency • Government
USDA settlement document summarizing eligibility and claims procedures for the Pigford II process.