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Black Farmers Gear Up for Legal Fight
The BFAA’s fight for nearly a decade has been to have the money already set aside to pay the additional class-action claims be actually paid to farmers and their heirs. Some have passed away over the past decade, waiting for redress. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell Special to the New Tri-State Defender The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists (BFAA) recently hit a snag when the U. S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, denied the group’s complaint against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). “It was anticipated that the quest for justice and the cash award for BFAA’s 20,000 members for past years of racial discrimination could be won,” said Bishop David A. Hall Sr., ecumenical support advisor for BFAA. “The fight is very costly, but the dues of BFAA’s members afford the Association the opportunity to continue vigorous legal action on behalf of black farmers and their heirs.” The descendants of Earnest Lee Boyland from Mason, Tenn. filed a lawsuit in the 1990s alleging that the USDA adhered to discriminatory policies against African-American farmers between the years of 1983 and 1997 when loans and other assistance programs were systematically denied to “black farmers.” Others joined Boyland’s heirs in a class action and in 1999 an appellate judge agreed approving a settlement. By
2011, $1.06 billion had been paid to 16,000 growers across the country. Tens of thousands missed the September 2000 deadline to file a claim under the initial ruling. To remedy this, Congress added a 2008 provision to the Farm Bill, allowing them to petition the court for their portion of the settlement. In 2010, Congress appropriated $1.2 billion for the second round of settlements. The BFAA’s fight for nearly a decade has been to have the money already set aside to pay the additional class-action claims be actually paid to farmers and their heirs. Some have passed away over the past decade, waiting for redress. Previously, this same court had denied the USDA’s motion for a summary ruling, which would have dismissed the claims of the additional litigants. BFAA President Thomas Burrell called that decision a monumental one that “vindicates our movement and vindicates the organization.” Attorneys for the BFAA contended that a private claims administrator hired by the USDA improperly de-
nied the plaintiffs’ efforts to join the second phase of settlements. The attorneys for the 20,000-member organization had argued before a panel of judges with the District of Columbia Third Court of Appeals on October 1, 2018, in Washington, DC. Although the latest decision announced by the Circuit Court caught BFAA by surprise, the issue is nowhere near over, Hall said. “We will make the correct assessment of the ruling and will file appeals appropriately. BFAA is prepared for a fight.” Hall, who is a farmer, said the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association is undeterred from its pursuit of social injustice, rectifying rural and urban disparities and demanding fair and equitable policies for African Americans. “(BFAA) stands on its convictions that this nation has a moral and social responsibility to provide equal treatment under the law.”
Still Seeking Redemption In recent years, Dr. Julius Garvey has worked to secure a pardon for his famous father. “The charges against others involved were dropped, but my father was convicted by an all-white jury on charges that were widely considered politically-motivated and in a trial tainted by misconduct.” After spending nearly three years in jail, President Calvin Coolidge, under public pressure in 1927, commuted Garvey’s sentence but still deported him.
“Reparations is a conversation that is in-depth and involved and it’s a long and necessary conversation,” Garvey said.
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Dr. Julius Garvey probably felt like channeling his father, the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, when he responded to Fox News analyst Katie Pavlich’s misguided comment that America should get “credit for being the first country to end slavery in 150 years.” Garvey simply laughed and brushed off such superficial racist rhetoric. “It shows that she has no clue,” Garvey said during a Black Press Week luncheon in Washington, DC just days after Pavlich’s remarks. “Look, it’s pretty said,” he said. He also said a healthy discourse on reparations is long overdue. “Reparations is a conversation that is in-depth and involved and it’s a long and necessary conversation,” Garvey said. Garvey was born on September 17, 1933 in Kingston, Jamaica. He graduated from Wolmer’s Trust High School for
Boys in Kingston in 1950; and then earned his B.S. degree from McGill University in Montréal, Canada in 1957, and his M.D., C.M. degree from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in 1961. Garvey began his medical career by interning at The Royal Victoria Hospital in Montréal in 1961, according to his biography from The History Makers. In 1962, he began his first residency in surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital of New York, completing his residency in 1965 and completed residencies in surgery at the Harlem Hospital Center in 1968 and in thoracic & cardiovascular surgery at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland in 1970. He became an instructor in surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1971 and later joined the Albert Einstein College of Medicine as an instructor in surgery where he became an assistant professor of surgery. While teaching at Columbia University and the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Garvey served as an attending surgeon in cardiothoracic surgery at the Harlem Hospital Center and Montefiore Hospital, as well as associate attending and head of thoracic surgery at the Montefiore Morrisania Affiliate. In 1974, Garvey was named attending-in-charge of thoracic surgery at Queens Hospital Center, in addition to serving as an attending surgeon in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He became the Long Island Jewish Medical Center’s acting program director for the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery from 1980 to 1982, and assistant professor of surgery at State University of New York at Stony Brook from 1978 to 1988. Garvey started his own private practice in 1983. Garvey served as chief of thoracic and vascular surgery at Queens Hospital Center from 1993 to 2006, and chief of vascular and thoracic surgery at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center from 2000 to 2004. In addition to his other medical appointments, Garvey served as an attending surgeon at North Shore University Hospital, Franklin General Hospital, Massapequa General Hospital, Catholic Medical Centers, and Little Neck Community Hospital. In recent years, he has worked to secure a pardon for his famous father who, along with three others, was charged with conspiracy to use the mails to defraud. “The charges against the other three were dropped, but my father was convicted by an all-white jury on charges that were widely considered politically-motivated and in a trial tainted by misconduct,” Dr. Garvey said. After spending nearly three years in jail, President Calvin Coolidge, under public pressure in 1927, commuted Garvey’s sentence but still deported him. The senior Garvey wasn’t allowed to return to America and his son has said that all of the momentum his father built up on issues of racial justice stalled. Marcus Garvey died in London in 1940. “I wish to clear my father’s name and to continue to help Africans wherever we are in the U.S., Caribbean and on the continent,” Dr. Garvey said. He said reparations are necessary if there is ever to be a complete healing of the evil slave trade. “WE are the original people and the original civilization. African praxis directs us to the truth that we are at home in the universe and should treat it as our home,” Dr. Garvey said. It’s also up to those of African descent to assume some responsibility in carrying forward the legacies of his father and other civil rights leaders, Dr. Garvey said. “That will move us further along the arc of redemption, renaissance and the redevelopment of our people as a civilization,” he said.
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California Mayors Seek More Money to Fight Homelessness By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Gov. Gavin Newsom and California’s big city mayors pushed Wednesday for more money to help the homeless on top of the $500 million the state already is spending on one of its most vexing problems. The new Democratic governor and the mayors touted the state’s Homeless Emergency Aid Program, which gives cities flexible grants to address homelessness with emergency shelters, supportive housing, navigation centers, housing vouchers and other services including mental health treatment. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, chairman of the 13-member Big City Mayors group, said they’re seeking another $500 million and maybe “a little bit more” for the program in next year’s budget. But Assembly Budget Committee chairman Phil Ting, who sought the money being spent during this current fiscal year, said he can’t commit even to the same amount, let alone an expansion, until revenue numbers become more clear as the June budget deadline approaches. He noted that revenues are $2 billion below projections, though officials think the income will rebound. Newsom’s proposed budget includes $500 million for emergency shelters, navigation centers and other supportive housing. But he said he will revise his budget after meeting with the mayors for 45 minutes. “It’s not just about more money. It’s about reprioritizing some of those investments,” he added. Newsom, who once was San Francisco’s mayor, left the news conference abruptly without taking questions, and the mayors would not say what changes he intends. The $500 million is part of Newsom’s proposed $1.75 billion housing plan. The mayors said they asked for changes in how the money can be spent and how long cities have to spend it. The federal government says California has a quarter of the nation’s homeless population but 12 percent of the country’s overall population. Homelessness has increased by 9 percent in California since 2010 even as it dropped by 13 percent nationwide. California has far fewer homes than are needed for its nearly 40 million people, with rising costs and rents. California has the nation’s highest poverty rate when housing is taken into account. Aside from Steinberg, the mayors include Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Fresno Mayor Lee Brand, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh, Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu, Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey. San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs did not attend.
California Grower Recalls Avocados ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) _ A Southern California company is voluntarily recalling whole avocados over possible listeria contamination. Henry Avocado, a grower and distributor based near San Diego, said Saturday that the recall covers conventional and organic avocados grown and packed in California. The company says they were sold in bulk across California, Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin, North Carolina and New Hampshire. There have been no reports of any illnesses associated with the avocados. The company says it issued the voluntary recall after a routine inspection of its packing plant revealed samples that tested positive for listeria. The company says avocados imported from Mexico and distributed by Henry are not being recalled and are safe. Listeria is a bacteria that can cause fever and diarrhea, and more dangerous complications in pregnant women.