User:Chocochai/Pigford v. Glickman/Bibliography

The bill carves out $5 billion for the Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act of 2021, intended to relieve farmers of additional financial burden due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The act provides $4 billion in direct debt forgiveness payments for socially disadvantaged farmers and $1 billion for increasing assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers, including the creation of a National Center for Minority Farmer Agricultural Law Research and Information and other pilot projects.

Although the relief payments still fall short relative to total lost wealth by black farmers, which is estimated between $250 and $350 billion, the legislation is thought to be is the most impactful government measure for black farmers since the Civil Rights Act.