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Black Farmers Still Facing Discrimination by the USDA

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Congress enacted legislation in 2003, intended to address discrimination at the US Department of Agriculture. Part of that included the creation of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, to monitor abuses. But a Congressional oversight committee found that the USDA has done little to change its culture of bias. FSRN's Naji Mujahid reports from Capitol Hill.

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