Posts Tagged ‘land ownership’
After 50 Years, A Black Woman Developer Is Reclaiming Land Taken From Her Community
With just 0.1% of developers being Black women, Anyeley Hallov’a is building on her own terms and bringing resources back to the community
Read MoreBlack Colorado Ranchers Prevail After Attempts to Run Them Off the Land
A couple who moved inland after facing a hurricane now faces racial aggression from locals, including their neighbors.
Read MoreThis Alabama Cattle Rancher Is Ready for a Legal Battle to Protect His Land
Private developments and railroads are forcing some Black farmers in the south to fight for the land they rightfully own.
Read MoreThis Black Family Won’t Back Down After Court Allows Railroad to Take Their Land
After a judge ruled that a railroad could take their land, landowners in Sparta, Georgia, are appealing the decision to the state’s Supreme Court.
Read MoreSouth Carolina woman posthumously wins settlement over Black ancestral land
The family of a Hilton Head woman who passed while facing a lawsuit over her home by developers is celebrating their win.
Read MoreWhy the Bruce’s Beach $20 million sale isn’t a model for reparations
Andrew W. Kahrl recognizes the significance of Bruce Beach changing hands, yet he also realizes it isn’t the path forward for reparations.
Read MoreLos Angeles to pay $20 million for land previously seized from Black family in 1912
After just a few months, one family has sold California beachfront land back to the same department that sold it to them.
Read MoreForward2023 – National Heirs’ Property Conference
FORWARD 2023, a “boot camp” style event, will offer Master Classes taught by experts and landowners and one-on-one meetings with resource professionals.
Read MoreChicago violated residents’ civil rights by relocating polluting business to Latino and Black neighborhood, federal agency finds
HUD recently found Chicago guilty of moving businesses that create pollution to Black and brown neighborhoods from white ones.
Read MoreCalifornia land taken from Black couple returned to heirs
Nearly 100 years after Willa and Charles Bruce purchased land to create a resort for Black vacationers, the land has returned to their heirs.
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