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    Vol.62/No.30           August 24, 1998 
 
 
Federation Of Southern Cooperatives Will Meet In Alabama  

BY ARLENE RUBINSTEIN
ATLANTA - Black farmers and their supporters from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and other farm states will gather in Epes, Alabama, for the August 14-15 meeting of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund.

A highlight of the meeting will be an update by J.L. Chestnut, the lead attorney in the $2.5 billion class action lawsuit filed by Black farmers charging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with rampant racial discrimination. The lawsuit Pigford vs. Glickman asserts that the USDA failed to investigate hundreds of discrimination complaints, resulting in foreclosures, bankruptcies, and other serious problems. Meeting organizers expect over 200 farmers to participate.

For more information contact the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in Atlanta at (404) 765-0991 or in Epes at (205) 652-9676.  
 
 
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