Politics● LowSep 21 · Sep 21, 2026, 8:19 PM
Timothy Pigford, Who Fought Bias Against Black Farmers, Dies at 74
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He was the lead plaintiff in the landmark 1997 lawsuit Pigford v. Glickman, an attempt to redress the Agriculture Department’s historic racism.
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