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Earl F. Hilliard: “And the devastating part of what our government has done and will do, if it takes another 5 years, is in effect…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1998
And the devastating part of what our government has done and will do, if it takes another 5 years, is in effect eradicate the few farmers of African-American descent that are left. After all, if we look at the period of the last 15 to 25 years, the period of time when most of these complaints originated, Members will find that we have lost tens of thousands of black farmers. There are very few left. If we take another 5 or 10 years, there will be even less. I am beginning to wonder whether this is a pattern of our government, whether this is in fact what it is trying to do.
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Earl F. Hilliard
Alabama
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Addressing the decline of African-American farmers and government actions affecting their livelihoods.

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