http://kcur.org en http://kcur.org/post/black-farmers-experience-captured-photojournalist <p class="legacy-audio-url"> <div class="audio-container"> <div id="jp-interface-51c12989b9925" class="jp-interface"> <div id="post-audio-51c12989b9925" class="jp-player" jp-instance="51c12989b9925"></div> <div class="jp-controls column"> <div class="jp-progress"> <div class="jp-seek-bar"> <div class="jp-play-bar"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="playpause column"> <a href="http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-938619.mp3" class="jp-play">Listen</a> <a class="jp-pause"></a> </div> <div class="jp-time-holder column"> <div class="jp-custom-current-time"></div> <div class="jp-custom-duration"></div> </div> <div id="slider"></div> </div> </div><!-- container --> </p> <p>Kansas City, MO – Photojournalist John Ficara spent four years documenting the lives of black farmers as they dealt with discrimination and hardship.</p> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:39:19 +0000 Harvest Public Media 7339 at http://kcur.org http://kcur.org/post/black-farmers-again-seek-settlements-decade-old-discrimination-lawsuit <p class="legacy-audio-url"> <div class="audio-container"> <div id="jp-interface-51c25d3394414" class="jp-interface"> <div id="post-audio-51c25d3394414" class="jp-player" jp-instance="51c25d3394414"></div> <div class="jp-controls column"> <div class="jp-progress"> <div class="jp-seek-bar"> <div class="jp-play-bar"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="playpause column"> <a href="http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-924693.mp3" class="jp-play">Listen</a> <a class="jp-pause"></a> </div> <div class="jp-time-holder column"> <div class="jp-custom-current-time"></div> <div class="jp-custom-duration"></div> </div> <div id="slider"></div> </div> </div><!-- container --> </p> <p>Columbia, Mo – <b>(Harvest Public Media)</b> Congress is back in session, and black farmers are again seeking priority on the Senate's action list. They are due compensation from a decade-old lawsuit that found the USDA treated minorities unfairly in the 1980s. We travel to Hayti, Missouri to visit with the remaining members of a rather discouraged black farming community.</p> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:14:53 +0000 Harvest Public Media 7071 at http://kcur.org Black Farmers Again Seek Settlements From Decade-Old Discrimination Lawsuit