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A South Carolina family has reached a settlement after fighting to save their ancestral land from a developer who tried to take down the home to make way for a subdivision. The property at the center of the dispute belongs to Josephine Wright, a Gullah-Geechee woman who recently died at age 94 after fighting valiantly… Continue reading Family Of Late Gullah Matriarch Josephine Wright Reaches Settlement After Fighting To Save Their Ancestral Land From A Developer

Entertainer Tyler Perry has pledged to build a new home for Josephine Wright, the embattled Hilton Head resident who was sued by developer building a project adjacent to Wrights home.

PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C.—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 coast since not long after the Civil War. That was before new half-a-million-dollar homes in a nearby subdivision overwhelmed the drainage system. Runoff…

By James Pollard | The Associated Press - Black landowners in historic settlement communities around Charleston, South Carolina are facing disputes with developers looking to make money on vacation getaways and new homes, as skyrocketing property taxes create a growing burden and assessments rise.

PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. — 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 coast

Along the coastal South, Black property owners find themselves embroiled in disputes with investors and their own relatives.

Along the coastal South, Black property owners find themselves embroiled in disputes with investors and their own relatives.

Along the coastal South, Black property owners find themselves embroiled in disputes with investors and their own relatives.

Along the coastal South, Black property owners find themselves embroiled in disputes with investors and their own relatives.

Along the coastal South, Black property owners find themselves embroiled in disputes with investors and their own relatives.