Arkansan called back to tackle USDA bias
He faces civil-rights-neglect backlog
Posted: November 15, 2009 at 4:01 a.m.
Pearlie Reed thought he had left the Whitten Building forever when he retired and returned to Marianna in 2003. The marble-columned structure, which sits on the National Mall in Washington, houses the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Reed’s sole employer for his entire adult life.
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