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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.

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

PHILLIPS COMMUNITY- 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 …

The clamor for these lands is so feverish that even people with clear titles remain vulnerable. James calls it “the next frontier in preserving African American property.”