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BEAUFORT — Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Detectives arrested Melvin Davis of Beaufort, after a more than 24-hour search, for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious

Silver Dollar Road follows a Black family’s struggle to save their North Carolina land from cutthroat developers. The patriarch Mitchell Reels died without a…

Raoul Peck's documentary 'Silver Dollar Road' tells a story of prime Black land that comes under the grip of white control.

USDA Forest Service Research(NEW YORK) -- In America, land is a valuable resource providing economic stability and growth for many people, and is often passed down from generation to generation. But for some low-income and minority Americans, property acreage passed on as a family heirloom can turn into a nightmare. Melvin Davis, 83, said he never intended for him or his brother, LiCurtis Reels, to end up in jail over their familys land, but told ABC News it was something he knew he "had to...

(NEW YORK) — In America, land is a valuable resource providing economic stability and growth for many people, and is often passed down from generation to generation. But for some low-income and minority Americans, property acreage passed on as a family heirloom can turn into […]

USDA Forest Service Research(BEAUFORT, N.C.) -- In America, land is a valuable resource providing economic stability and growth for many people, and is often passed down from generation to generation. But for some low-income and minority Americans, pro...

BEAUFORT — The documentary "Silver Dollar Road," which follows a local waterfront property passed down through the Reels family for generations, was just released on Amazon Prime Video on Friday.

The Oscar-nominated director tackles a shocking case of black land disposession in his acclaimed new film Silver Dollar Road

Land ownership has been the holy grail of financial stability and generational wealth for Black families since post-slavery times. Prime Video’s Silver Dollar Road introduces the Reels family of North Carolina, whose family legacy was jeopardized due to unjust and unfair practices. The 65-acre stretch of marshland known as Silver Dollar Road was the family’s crown jewel… Continue reading ‘Silver Dollar Road’ Sees A Black Family In NC Fight An Unjust Fight To Ke...

Silver Dollar Road Review: Director Raoul Peck gives racial justice a face and heart in his follow-up documentary to "I Am Not Your Negro."