Farmer's wife says fired USDA official helped save their land

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By Marcus K. Garner and Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The wife of the white farmer allegedly discriminated against by the USDA's rural development director for Georgia said Shirley Sherrod "kept us out of bankruptcy" ...
http://www.ajc.com/news/farmers-wife-says-fired-574027.html


CNN NEWSROOM
Comments Cause USDA Official Her Job ...
Aired July 20, 2010 - 11:01 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED ...
... SHERROD: OK. I was speaking to that group like I've done many groups, and I tell them about a time when I thought that the issue was race and race only. And I tell them the story of how I worked with a white farmer back in 1986. I was not working for the Department of Agriculture. I was working with a nonprofit organization assisting farmers throughout south Georgia and the Southeast, and this farmer came to me for help. I was telling the story about how working with him helped me to see that the issue is not about race. It's about those who have versus those who do not have ...
SPOONER: ... Our son, he came up this morning and says, "Mama, turn on the TV to CNN." And he said, "It's about your friend Shirley Sherrod." And I said, "What?" And we listened and I said, "Great days, that ain't right. They have not treated her right, because she's the one that I give credit to helping us save our farm" ...
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1007/20/cnr.03.html