http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/feb/19/black-farmers-win-settlement/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway021910_3e.mp3 Black Farmers Win Settlement from Government http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/feb/19/black-farmers-win-settlement/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/barnflag.jpg true 13776 segment The Obama administration announced a $1.25 billion settlement yesterday, resolving a decades-long fight by thousands of black farmers who say the Agriculture Department discriminated against them in loan programs. At times, this discrimination forced them to lose their farms. http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/cache/barnflag_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/cache/barnflag_26_square.jpg