The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a combined $4.55 billion in settlements to black farmers and Native Americans, ending years of litigation on charges of racial bias and mismanagement.
The $1.15 billion allocation to black farmers represents the largest civil rights settlement in U.S history.
The federal government was accused of a decades-old practice of denying and underpaying loans to black farmers because of their race.
The $3.4 billion settlement for Native Americans also spans several years. The government was charged with mismanaging American Indian trust funds.
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