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Whistleblower! Is presented in co-ordination with Marcel Reid and the Whistleblower Annual Summit in Washington D.C.
Join Lawrence Lucas this evening as he and Michael Stoval report on the ongoing battle with USDA over the admitted discriminatory practices that have taken place for decades in that agency. Mr. Stoval was recently featured in an USDA article “USDA vows to address “historical discrimination” as Black farmers accuse agency of racism” Lloyd Wright, former USDA civil rights director at the USDA will speak directly to the discriminatory practices he witnessed first hand during his ten years at the agency. Lawrence Lucas Mr. Lucas was the former President of the USDA Coalition of Minority Employees, beginning in 1994. His career as a government employee began as a political appointee during the Carter Administration. He retired after 32 years of service.
Lloyd Wright, former USDA civil rights director who served as head of the USDA Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights from 1997 to 1998.
Michael Stovall of Alabama, Co-Founder and Leader of the Independent Black Farmers Association, who has been instrumental in bringing attention to the institutional failures of the USDA and DOJ.
April Simpson joined the Center for Public Integrity in October 2020 as a senior reporter covering racial equity. She was previously the rural issues reporter at Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Before joining Pew, April was associated editor of Current,
