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Black families lost millions in wealth when their lands were seized through eminent domain. Now some are trying to get it back.

African American families across the country — particularly in the South — are pushing for the return of land they say was taken in government seizures.

For much of their lives, the Jones siblings had passed by a parking lot on the campus of the University

Black families across the country are pushing for the return of land they say was taken in government seizures.

The United States is more segregated today than it was 100 years ago, according to Thomas W. Mitchell, the Robert Drinan, S.J., Professor of Law at Boston College.

The Bruce family won the return of oceanfront land near Los Angeles seized nearly a century ago. Their decision to sell for $20 million set off a different debate about reparations.

This Black History Month, learn about the important milestones and achievements of Black students, faculty and staff over the years.

Given its experiences starting with the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, the state of Louisiana has emerged as a case study of what can happen when longtime family landowners don’t create wills to pass along their holdings to future generatio

AMHERST — Jacqueline Bearce arrived in Amherst for graduate school in the 1960s with plans to live in an apartment, but upon getting to town was told her dwelling was already occupied, and that she wouldn’t be able to rent that home.“One of my first...

The second annual Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Joint Regional Conference will be held virtually from 9 a.m-4 p.m. Aug. 30 and 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Aug. 31.