I knew about this and posted about it when the Shirley Sherrod stories were coming out. Remember Sherrod? Even though the controversy came about because of the manner in which her speech to the NAACP was edited, it still shed light on the Obama administration and the issue at large.

Sherrod and her husband, Charles Sherrod, got the bulk of the USDA payouts to black farmers when they formed New Communities Inc. which received some $13 million in payouts. The Sherrods personally received $330,000 for "mentally suffering."

Where is Shirley Sherrod now? Working as a private contractor for the USDA. She's running Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education she co-founded to "bolster relations between minority farmers and ranchers and the USDA."

http://www.ruraldevelopment.org/shirleydirector.html