Shirley Sherrod says her remarks were taken out of context . Sherrod says the point of her speech was to help people . The incident took place in 1986 , while she worked for a nonprofit and before she worked for the USDA , she said . NAACP backs agriculture secretary 's decision to accept resignation of Shirley Johnson . Johnson says she did n't use ` ` the full force '' to attack white farmer while at college .
Shirley Sherrod says her remarks were taken out of context . Sherrod says the point of her speech was to help people . NAACP backs agriculture secretary 's decision to accept resignation of Shirley Johnson . Johnson says she did n't use ` ` the full force '' to attack white farmer while at college .