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Many dread aging, but for some Black centenarians, 100 is just another number.

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 since not long after the Civil War. That was before new half-a-million-dollar homes in a nearby subdivision overwhelmed the drainage system.

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.