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Posts Tagged ‘land ownership’

After 50 Years, A Black Woman Developer Is Reclaiming Land Taken From Her Community

April 19, 2026

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

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Black Colorado Ranchers Prevail After Attempts to Run Them Off the Land

February 2, 2026

A couple who moved inland after facing a hurricane now faces racial aggression from locals, including their neighbors.

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This Alabama Cattle Rancher Is Ready for a Legal Battle to Protect His Land

December 18, 2025
Willie Palmer Jr. stands with his cows as they graze

Private developments and railroads are forcing some Black farmers in the south to fight for the land they rightfully own.

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This Black Family Won’t Back Down After Court Allows Railroad to Take Their Land

February 11, 2025

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.

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South Carolina woman posthumously wins settlement over Black ancestral land

March 19, 2024
Josephine Wright

The family of a Hilton Head woman who passed while facing a lawsuit over her home by developers is celebrating their win.

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Why the Bruce’s Beach $20 million sale isn’t a model for reparations

January 10, 2023
Descendants of the original owners of Bruce's Beach on the land

Andrew W. Kahrl recognizes the significance of Bruce Beach changing hands, yet he also realizes it isn’t the path forward for reparations.

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Los Angeles to pay $20 million for land previously seized from Black family in 1912

January 3, 2023

After just a few months, one family has sold California beachfront land back to the same department that sold it to them.

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Forward2023 – National Heirs’ Property Conference

November 20, 2022
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FORWARD 2023, a “boot camp” style event, will offer Master Classes taught by experts and landowners and one-on-one meetings with resource professionals.

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Chicago violated residents’ civil rights by relocating polluting business to Latino and Black neighborhood, federal agency finds

July 20, 2022

HUD recently found Chicago guilty of moving businesses that create pollution to Black and brown neighborhoods from white ones.

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California land taken from Black couple returned to heirs

June 28, 2022

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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ABHM builds public awareness of the harmful legacies of slavery and Jim Crow in America and promotes racial repair, reconciliation, and healing. 

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