Community Archives
Symbols, Cecelia “Cely” Tapplette Pedescleaux
Federal Legislation to Restore the Black Agricultural Land Base
- House Agriculture Committee Build Back Better Act Revised
- House Agriculture Committee Build Back Better Act
- House Agriculture Committee Budget Reconciliation Markup
- American Rescue Plan Debt Payments FAQ (Update)
- American Rescue Plan Debt Payments FAQ (First Version)
- ARP Borrower Letter for Race Ethnicity Unknown
- ARP Borrower Letter for Ethnicity Identified
- US Senators Letter to USDA Re ARP Implementation
- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
- Congressional Record for the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
- US House Agriculture Committee Report for COVID Emergency Budget Reconciliation of 2021
- Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2021
- Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act of 2021
- Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2020
- Minority Farmers Rights Act of 1990
Post-Pigford v. Glickman Advocacy Efforts
- Justice for Black Farmers Group Follow-up Letter To Secretary Vilsack
- Justice for Black Farmers Group Letter to Secretary Vilsack
- Proposal for Unrestricted Funds in Section 1006 of ARP
- BBJC Press Statement on White Farmers’ Lawsuit
- Justice for Black Farmers Group Letter to Secretary Vilsack
- Gary Grant-BFAA Letter to Senator Warnock
- Black Farmers Letter to Secretary Vilsack
- Black Farmers Letter to Biden-Harris Transition Team
- Black Farmers Letter to Obama-Biden Transition Team
Black Belt Justice Center Litigation Efforts
Pigford v. Glickman Appeals
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Pigford v. Glickman Monitor’s Reports
Pigford v. Glickman Farmers’ Objection Letters
Pigford v. Glickman Orders and Opinions
US District Court for the District of Columbia
- November 2015 Winddown Order
- January 2005 Opinion Denying Motion to Modify Consent Decree and Disqualify Class Counsel
- March 2004 Order Denying Relief to 350 Claimants
- September 2003 Order Re Farmer Clarence Hardy Track B Case
- June 2003 Order Denying Relief to 350 Claimants Who Filed Late Petitions
- March 2003 Order Re “Virtual Malpractice” of Class Counsel
- May 2001 Order Extending Deadline Due to Attorney Malpractice
- April 2001 Opinion and Order Re Status Conference Re Attorney Malpractice
- March 2001 Order Interim Award of Attorney Fees
- February 2001 Order Re Debt Relief
- January 2001 Opinion Denying Motion to Reconsider Fairness of Consent Decree
- November 2000 Order Re Class Counsel Missed Deadlines
- April 1999 Opinion Approving Consent Decree
- April 1999 Consent Decree
- March 1999 Fairness Hearing Transcript
Civil Rights Reports
- Forced Off Their Land The Nation Magazine
- OIG Audit Report USDA Oversight of Civil Rights Complaints
- USA Today Article on Historical Discrimination at USDA
- Timeline of USDA Discrimination Against Black Farmers (1920-present)
- Earthjustice USDA Equity Recommendations
- The Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland
- MFRAC Subcommittee 2016 Annual Report
- MFRAC Subcommittee 2015-2017 Transition Memo
- Short Crop: How A Widening Farm Subsidy Gap Is Leaving Black Farmers Further Behind
- US Commission on Civil Rights Report
- Black Farmers in America (1865-2000)
- Implementation of the Civil Rights Action Team (CRIT) Interim Progress Report
- Civil Rights Action Team (CRAT) Report
- DJ Miller Report
- Dellinger Report
- The Minority Farmer: A Disappearing American Resource; Has The Farmers Home Administration Been The Primary Catalyst?
- Black Farmers And Their Farms
- US Commission on Civil Rights Report (1982)
- A Time To Choose Report (1981)
- US Commission on Civil Rights Report (1970)
- US Commission on Civil Rights Report (1968)
- US Commission on Civil Rights Report (1965)
Alcorn State University Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center
Litigation Pertaining to Debt Cancellation for BIPOC Farmers
Joe Brooks/Emergency Land Fund’s
Reading Corner
- Brooks The Emergency Land Fund
- Brooks Black Farmers and Rural Heir Property Owners Report
- Pennick Black Owned Land
- Only Six Million Acres Report
- Handy The Emergence of the Black Economic Research Center
- Betsey A Brief Biography of Robert S. Browne
- Lumumba Short History of US War on RNA
- Brooks Ujamaa For Land and Power