In this Nov. 17, 2005, photo, Gil Alexander harvests the Ethiopian crop teff in a test plot near Nicodemus, Kan. Alexander was the last active Black farmer in the community of Nicodemus, which was founded by former slaves known as "exodusters" in the 1870s. New legislation in Congress aims to remedy historical inequities in government farm programs that have helped reduce the number of Black farmers in the United States from about a million in 1920 to less than 50,000 today. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**
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