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Deadline nears for black farmers to file claims in $1.25B discrimination settlement
Story Date: 3/20/2012
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Source: Catherine Pritchard, FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 3/19/12
Ruthie Smith could have filled out the claim form by herself. But the 69-year-old Riegelwood woman didn't want to risk getting any part of it wrong - and losing out again on a share of a $1.25 billion class-action settlement for black farmers who experienced loan discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the 1980s and '90s.
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