Tighe Barry (right) of Los Angeles and Zaccai Free rally Wednesday outside the Department of Agriculture in support of Mrs. Sherrod, demanding that she be reinstated.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday, July 21, 2010, that the Agriculture Department will reconsider its decision to oust a black Agriculture Department employee, Shirley Sherrod, on Tuesday July 20, over racially tinged remarks at an NAACP banquet in Georgia, following new evidence that her remarks were misconstrued. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree, File)