After a media firestorm about out-of-context comments she made in an address to the NAACP forced her to resign, Shirley Sherrod has turned down a new job offer at the Department of Agriculture.
Shirley Sherrod, who resigned from her post at the USDA after a video of her was taken out of context, said she plans to sue the blogger who first accused her of racism.
After reportedly being pressured to resign after a video clip of her speaking to the NAACP was taken out of context, Shirley Sherrod has received an apology — and a job offer.
