He's tired of having meetings with members of Congress. Tired of trying to talk with the Obama administration and the president himself. Tired of hearing people say that they sympathize with his effort to fight widespread and longtime discrimination by the federal government against the nation's black farmers.

“Mr. John Moses Bonner, 87, of 16119 Courthouse Road, Dinwiddie, Va., entered eternal rest on Sunday, April 11, 2010, at Southside Regional Center," reads an April 14 obituary in the Progress-Index in Dinwiddie, Va. "Mr. Bonner was a member of Mount Level Baptist Church, where he served as the chairman of the trustee ministry and was a member of the adult Sunday School Class until his health began to decline.

“I'm committed to finding funding for the Pigford and Cobell settlements. Doing so will finally bring a long-delayed end to injustice and ensure that victims are fully compensated for past failures of judgment at the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior.

Dr. Height was an extraordinary icon in civil rights and women's rights. Her presence will be deeply missed. Dr. Height was a leader of leaders. In all the years I have known her she never missed an opportunity to lift up and support the work of those who are working for justice.

Black farmers hoping for government settlement money in a racial bias case better not bet the crop this Spring until Congress finds a way to pay for the $1 billion deal. A meeting Wednesday at the White House may not have provided much encouragement.

Black farmers hoping for government settlement money in a racial bias case better not bet the crop this Spring, until Congress finds a way to pay for the $1 billion deal. A meeting Wednesday at the White House may not have provided much encouragement.

Nearly two months since the administration announced a $1.2 billion agreement to settle decades-old racial discrimination claims against the Department of Agriculture, the nation's black farmers are still looking for the money.

Black farmers engaged in a discrimination suit against the U.S. government will give Congress more time to approve funds to compensate them for years of mistreatment but they have not set any hard deadlines, an advocate for the group said on Thursday.

The federal government promised last month to pay more than $1 billion by the end of March to tens of thousands of black farmers who had filed decades-old discrimination complaints against the U.S. Agriculture Department.

A month ago, the federal government promised it would pay more than $1 billion by the end of March to thousands of black farmers who complained of discrimination by the Department of Agriculture.

The National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) has thrown its support behind the farming and fishing families living in the shadow of the worst oil spill in history in the Gulf of Mexico, association president John W. Boyd Jr. announced Tuesday.

Newswires are reporting that President Obama has extended his moratorium on deep-sea drilling in the Gulf and canceled offshore oil lease sales there and in Alaska and Virginia. In a move that is sure to fuel howls from the oil drilling industry, Obama issued a cessation order for all 33 deep-sea oil drilling operations in the Gulf.

The Obama administration reached a historic settlement last week in a lawsuit claiming decades of racial discrimination against African-American farmers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Black Farmers Press Conference on Capitol Hill

John Boyd, Jr., founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, explains why he feels the USDA has not been a friend to the nation's Black farmers. Too Big to Fail author Andrew Ross Sorkin weighs in on whether the financial crisis can happen again in the not-too-distant future.

The Subcommittee on the constitution, Civil Rights Civil Liberties will hold a historic Mark up on H.R. 3073 the Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007. On Thursday, July 19 2007 at 10 am in room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building In 1997 black farmers filed the historic black farmers class-action lawsuit. In 1999 the black farmers entered into a consent decree with the United States Department of Agriculture, which in fact remains the largest settlement in US history 3 billion dollars. Since the settlement 74,000 plus black farmers filed late claims. The late filers have yet to receive payment. The claims have never been heard based on the merits.

The Subcommittee on the constitution, Civil Rights-Civil Liberties will hold a historic hearing on HR 899 the Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007. And H.R. 558 the “African American Farmers Benefit Relief Act of 2007 on Thursday, June 21st, 2007 at 9 am in room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building

There are 3 different classes of farmers that the NBFA is trying to reach.

Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows.

Mr. Price is also on TVOne’s “Washington Watch” with Representative Elijah Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, and John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association. They’ll discuss the Obama administration’s $1.25 billion dollar settlement with black farmers.