Black Farmers in Alaska?

In Pigford I, two black farmers in Alaska were granted $50,000

See the EWG Report

An additional 126 "farmers' tried to get in under a court ordered extension but were denied, but were rejected.

See EWG Report

Did a lawyer solicit those 126 claims? Where did they come from? Are there really 126 black farmers, or ex-farmers in Alaska? Are there even two?

Nearly 9,000 Black farmers were denied "Automatic" payments by USDA — All 50 States

State	Number Eligible	Receiving "Automatic" Awards		Denied "Automatic" Awards
		Number Receiving Awards	Percent Receiving Awards	Number Denied Awards	Percent Denied Awards
Alabama	4,511	3,096	69%	1,415	31%
Alaska	2	2	100%	0	0%
Arizona	6	2	33%	4	67%
Arkansas	1,986	1,293	65%	693	35%
California	232	127	55%	105	45%
Colorado	11	4	36%	7	64%
Connecticut	10	3	30%	7	70%
Delaware	3	2	67%	1	33%
District Of Columbia	26	13	50%	13	50%
Florida	472	248	53%	224	48%
Georgia	2,960	1,757	59%	1,203	41%
Hawaii	1	1	100%	0	0%
Idaho	1	1	100%	0	0%
Illinois	282	144	51%	138	49%
Indiana	39	13	33%	26	67%
Iowa	1	0	0%	1	100%
Kansas	48	24	50%	24	50%
Kentucky	118	54	46%	64	54%
Louisiana	991	478	48%	513	52%
Maine	0	0	0%	0	100%
Maryland	66	32	49%	34	52%
Massachusetts	6	3	50%	3	50%
Michigan	148	72	49%	76	51%
Minnesota	15	5	33%	10	67%
Mississippi	4,373	2,643	60%	1,730	40%
Missouri	147	80	54%	67	46%
Montana	0	0	0%	0	100%
Nebraska	2	2	100%	0	0%
Nevada	9	6	67%	3	33%
New Hampshire	0	0	0%	0	100%
New Jersey	57	34	60%	23	40%
New Mexico	3	0	0%	3	100%
New York	58	33	57%	25	43%
North Carolina	1,989	910	46%	1,079	54%
North Dakota	0	0	0%	0	100%
Ohio	42	20	48%	22	52%
Oklahoma	794	541	68%	253	32%
Oregon	1	1	100%	0	0%
Outside U.S.	36	26	72%	10	28%
Pennsylvania	22	13	59%	9	41%
Rhode Island	0	0	0%	0	100%
South Carolina	1,274	793	62%	481	38%
South Dakota	0	0	0%	0	100%
Tennessee	663	407	61%	256	39%
Texas	437	287	66%	150	34%
Utah	2	1	50%	1	50%
Vermont	0	0	0%	0	100%
Virginia	292	146	50%	146	50%
Washington	6	4	67%	2	33%
West Virginia	0	0	0%	0	100%
Wisconsin	25	13	52%	12	48%
Wyoming	0	0	0%	0	100%
National Total*	22,181	13,411	61%	8,770	40%

* Note: Information in this table is based upon data received from the Office of the Monitor on 4/26/2004. The 7/12/2004 report from the Office of the Monitor states that the total number of awards received is now 13,429.

Farmers seeking entry under court-mandated extension

State	Rejected	Granted	Total
Alabama	14,268	294	14,562
Alaska	126	0	126
Arizona	75	0	75
Arkansas	1,430	70	1,500
California	1,495	30	1,525
Colorado	53	1	54
Connecticut	137	1	138
Delaware	7	0	7
District Of Columbia	72	7	79
Florida	908	34	942
Georgia	3,228	81	3,309
Hawaii	8	0	8
Idaho	0	0	0
Illinois	2,864	29	2,893
Indiana	350	1	351
Iowa	71	1	72
Kansas	125	1	126
Kentucky	77	3	80
Louisiana	2,312	21	2,333
Maine	0	0	0
Maryland	241	11	252
Massachusetts	84	2	86
Michigan	1,219	11	1,230
Minnesota	33	4	37
Mississippi	18,983	286	19,269
Missouri	299	2	301
Montana	0	0	0
Nebraska	33	0	33
Nevada	65	6	71
New Hampshire	0	0	0
New Jersey	389	6	395
New Mexico	13	0	13
New York	550	14	564
North Carolina	2,448	1,012	3,460
North Dakota	3	0	3
Ohio	410	10	420
Oklahoma	3,309	51	3,360
Oregon	14	0	14
Outside U.S.	74	1	75
Pennsylvania	133	4	137
Rhode Island	2	0	2
South Carolina	1,826	70	1,896
South Dakota	0	0	0
Tennessee	4,642	24	4,666
Texas	853	21	874
Utah	28	0	28
Vermont	0	0	0
Virginia	252	18	270
Washington	25	2	27
West Virginia	1	0	1
Wisconsin	280	2	282
Wyoming	1	0	1
National Total	63,816	2,131	65,947