Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Civil Rights Implementation Team
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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Civil Rights at the United States Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Civil Rights Implementation Team
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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Dispossession
Author: Pete Daniel
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469602024
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete Daniel analyzes this decline and chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the land in the face of discrimination by bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He exposes the shameful fact that at the very moment civil rights laws promised to end discrimination, hundreds of thousands of black farmers lost their hold on the land as they were denied loans, information, and access to the programs essential to survival in a capital-intensive farm structure. More than a matter of neglect of these farmers and their rights, this "passive nullification" consisted of a blizzard of bureaucratic obfuscation, blatant acts of discrimination and cronyism, violence, and intimidation. Dispossession recovers a lost chapter of the black experience in the American South, presenting a counternarrative to the conventional story of the progress achieved by the civil rights movement.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469602024
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete Daniel analyzes this decline and chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the land in the face of discrimination by bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He exposes the shameful fact that at the very moment civil rights laws promised to end discrimination, hundreds of thousands of black farmers lost their hold on the land as they were denied loans, information, and access to the programs essential to survival in a capital-intensive farm structure. More than a matter of neglect of these farmers and their rights, this "passive nullification" consisted of a blizzard of bureaucratic obfuscation, blatant acts of discrimination and cronyism, violence, and intimidation. Dispossession recovers a lost chapter of the black experience in the American South, presenting a counternarrative to the conventional story of the progress achieved by the civil rights movement.
The Decline of Black Farming in America
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
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Category : African American farmers
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Category : African American farmers
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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USDA Civil Rights
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Category : African American farmers
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Category : African American farmers
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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USDA's Civil Rights Programs and Responsibilities
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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U.S. Department of Agriculture's Civil Rights Program for Farm Program Participants
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Ten-year Check-up: An evaluation of the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Small Business Administration
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781976419881
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
For decades, there have been allegations of discrimination in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and workforce. Reports and congressional testimony by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a former Secretary of Agriculture, USDA's Office of Inspector General, GAO, and others have described weaknesses in USDA's programs-in particular, in resolving complaints of discrimination and in providing minorities access to programs. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 authorized the creation of the position of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR), giving USDA an executive that could provide leadership for resolving these long-standing problems. This testimony focuses on USDA's efforts to (1) resolve discrimination complaints, (2) report on minority participation in USDA programs, and (3) strategically plan its efforts. This testimony is based on new and prior work, including analysis of ASCR's strategic plan; discrimination complaint management; and about 120 interviews with officials of USDA and other federal agencies, as well as 20 USDA stakeholder groups. USDA officials reviewed the facts upon which this statement is based, and we incorporated their additions and clarifications as appropriate. GAO plans a future report with recommendations.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781976419881
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
For decades, there have been allegations of discrimination in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and workforce. Reports and congressional testimony by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a former Secretary of Agriculture, USDA's Office of Inspector General, GAO, and others have described weaknesses in USDA's programs-in particular, in resolving complaints of discrimination and in providing minorities access to programs. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 authorized the creation of the position of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR), giving USDA an executive that could provide leadership for resolving these long-standing problems. This testimony focuses on USDA's efforts to (1) resolve discrimination complaints, (2) report on minority participation in USDA programs, and (3) strategically plan its efforts. This testimony is based on new and prior work, including analysis of ASCR's strategic plan; discrimination complaint management; and about 120 interviews with officials of USDA and other federal agencies, as well as 20 USDA stakeholder groups. USDA officials reviewed the facts upon which this statement is based, and we incorporated their additions and clarifications as appropriate. GAO plans a future report with recommendations.
Civil Rights Enforcement Record of the Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
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Category : African American farmers
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Publisher:
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Category : African American farmers
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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The Civil Rights Act of 1984---S. 2568
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Publisher:
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Publisher:
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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