May 19, 2021

The Fight Between Bankers and Black Farmers

              (North Alabama Farmer is quoted in story)
“Look at the two groups: You have the Black men and women who have gone through racism and discrimination and have lost their land and their livelihood,” said Bill Bridgeforth, a farmer in Alabama who is on the board of the National Black Growers Council. “And then you have the American Bankers Association, which represents the wealthiest folks in the land, and they’re whining about the money they could potentially lose.”

                                                   (Quoted in today's N.Y. Times) 


Entire NY Times story is HERE.

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