Black farmers told funds worth a fight
Posted: February 8, 2010 at 3:24 a.m.
The president of the National Black Farmers Association urged about 300 Arkansans to call U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln until they “set her phone on fire” urging support of a federal budget that includes $1.15 billion to pay black farmers in a discrimination suit.
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