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This episode features a conversation between Lawrence Lucas, host of the  "Seeking Truth and Justice" podcast and radio show with a panel of young civil rights advocates and a former USDA employee. The panel discussed the struggle and challenges Black Farmers and Firefighters encounter seeking justice against systemic discrimination by the US  Department of Agriculture.  

 Season 1 Episode 1:  This broadcast features host Lawrence Lucas, Black farmers Michael Stovall, Corey Lea and advocate Dr. Waymon Hinson.   

• The following 8:00 minute slideshow was created by Gary A. Johnson  (Publisher Black Men In America.com and Justice For Black Farmers.com),  to educated the average American citizen who knows little or nothing  about the plight and the challenges of the Black American Farmers. 
• There  are things that people should know about the Black farmers and there  are reasons why all of us should care. This video tells a fraction of  the story regarding the challenges of the Black farmers and their legal  battles with the government. Systemic and pervasive racism, incompetence  and broken promises by the USDA, are just a few of the challenges facing Black farmers and their families. 
• This is also an example of  “Farming While Black.” Thousands of Black farmers are saddled with debt,  have exhausted their savings and lost their farms, eliminating any  chance of building generational wealth.  For more information visit  www.justiceforblackfarmers.com and  www.blackmeninamerica.com/black-farmers. 

• 1,083,365 views Jun 17, 2021 President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill gave $4 billion to Black farmers, but conservatives pushed back. Here’s the history of how the USDA mistreated Black farmers for hundreds of years and how we can change it going forward.