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PHILLIPS COMMUNITY — All along the South Carolina coast, developers of new homes and vacation getaways are targeting properties owned by the descendants of enslaved people. From Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head, Black landowners who inherited property have been outmatched in disputes with investors seeking to capitalize on rising property values. State legislation has made it harder for developers to take advantages. But skyrocketing tax assessments are raising pressures to sell, and thats thre...

PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Elijah Smalls Jr. once grew okra, butter beans and other vegetables in the neighborhood where his family has

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Orange mesh fencing lines the dirt expanse of a new development site that encircles the ranch-style house where Josephine Wright has taken her stand.

PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Elijah Smalls Jr. once grew okra, butter beans and other vegetables in the neighborhood where his family has lived near the South Carolina

All along the booming South Carolina coast, developers looking to profit on vacation getaways and new homes are targeting land owned by the descendants of enslaved people.

People who had been enslaved at Phillips Plantation bought patches of it to make their futures. Their descendants question whether the next generation can afford to stay

Celebrities including Snoop Dogg and Tyler Perry pledge support to 93-year-old Josephine Wright in the Black matriarch's battle over her home, which has been in her husband's family since the end of the Civil War.

Celebrities including Snoop Dogg and Tyler Perry pledge support to 93-year-old Josephine Wright in the Black matriarch's battle over her home, which has been in her husband's family since the end of the Civil War.

If the nuclear waste site were to flood, the concrete and steel barrels that hold the nuclear waste could corrode and threaten the local water supply.