Land Justice Community Archives
Symbols, Cecelia “Cely” Tapplette Pedescleaux
When an Elder dies, a library burns to the ground.
-African Proverb
Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
-African Proverb
-African Proverb
The axe forgets what the tree remembers.
-African Proverb
-African Proverb
Federal Legislation to Restore the Black Agricultural Land Base
- Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act of 2022
- Senators Booker, Warnock, and Schumer Letter to Secretary Vilsack on IRA Implementation
- Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
- Vice Chair Adams Letter to Secretary Thomas Vilsack on Implementation of Direct Payments to Black Farmers Under Section 1006
- Senators Lujan and Grassley Letter to Secretary Vilsack on USDA Civil Complaints Backlog
- Senators Warren, Booker, Warnock, and Sanders Letter to Secretary Vilsack on History of Discrimination Towards Black Farmers
- Secretary Vilsack Response to Senator Reverend Warnock Re: Adverse Actions of FSA
- Senate Ag Committee Members Letter to Leader Schumer and Chair Stabenow
- USDA Letter Re Advise Actions of FSA
- Senator Reverend Warnock Letter to Secretary Vilsack Re Adverse Actions of FSA
- House Agriculture Committee Build Back Better Act Revised
- House Agriculture Committee Build Back Better Act
- Congresswoman Clayton Invitation to Black Farmer on CBC Forum on USDA Discrimination Against Black Farmers
- 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
- Congresswoman Clayton Invitation to Black Farmer to Attend a Farm Settlement Listening Forum
- Minority Farmers Rights Act of 1990
Post-Pigford v. Glickman Advocacy Efforts
- Lawrence Lucas Letter to President Joe Biden Demand for Full Debt Cancellation for Black Farmers
- NAACP LDF Comment re Implementation of Section 22007 of the IRA
- Secretary Vilsack Response to CBC on Climate-Smart Commodities Funding
- CBC Letter to Secretary Vilsack on Climate-Smart Commodities Funding
- 25M Section 1006 Grant Awards to 13 Nonprofits
- Lawrence Lucas Letter to President Biden Call for Systemic Change at USDA
- $2.8B Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Grant Awards
- NAACP LDF Letter to Secretary Thomas Vilsack Re: Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and Other USDA Programs
- Justice For Black Farmers Group Letter to Chairwoman Stabenow and Chairman Scott
- Historically Underserved Farmers and Ranchers Definition
- Eddie Slaughter-AAAA Letter to Senator Warnock
- 63M Rural Development Awards in SC
- 75M Section 1006 Cooperative Agreements Awards to 20 Nonprofits
- Overview of Black Farmers and Advocates Meeting
- 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
- Presidential Candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren Policy Platform to Eradicate Institutional Discrimination at USDA
- 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
- Equity in Agriculutral Production and Governance Report (2023)
- Black Farmers Skeptical About Aid After Biased Lending
- USDA Equity Plan (2022)
- How the Government Helped White Americans Steal Black Farmland The New Republic
- 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
- Alcorn Policy Center Comment re Implementation of Section 22007 of the IRA
- Immediate Relief for Farm Loan Borrowers with At-Risk Agricultural Operations Under the Inflation Reduction Act Section 22006
- Policy for Settlement of Discrimination Cases Under the Inflation Reduction Act Section 1006(e)
- Letter to Farmers Re FSA Adverse Actions
- Policy for Settlement of Cases for ARP Section 1006, Item #5
- Amended Sections for 1005 and 1006 of ARP
Litigation Pertaining to Debt Cancellation for BIPOC Farmers
Cancel Pigford Debt Campaign Comics by Jeremy Darby (ARTIFEX JAY)
Cancel Pigford Debt Campaign Political Cartoons by Ramsess
In Re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation Settlement (Pigford II)
Reparations for African Americans
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
Scholarship
- Patrick Lehner et at The Stakeholders in Agricultural Policy (2022)
- Dania Francis et al Race, Gender, and Financial Well-Being (2022)
- Maia Foster and PJ Austin Rattlesnakes, Debt, and ARPA § 1005 (2022)
- Emily Burchfield et al The State of US Farm Operator Livelihoods (2022)
- Waymon R. Hinson (2018)
- Nate Rosenberg Farmers Who Don’t Farm: The Curious Rise of the Zero-Sales Farmer (2017)
- Tracy Lloyd McCurty et al Black Agrarianism Resistance Backgrounder (2016)
- Johanna Bockman Home Rule From Below-The Cooperative Movement in DC (2014)
- Waymon R. Hinson and Edward Robinson (2008)
- Cheryl I. Harris Whiteness As Property (1993)
- John Calmore Critical Race Theory, Archie Shepp, and Fire Music (1992)