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South africans are in danger of losing the land their family has owned for generations. trymaine lee now with more on why. >> ancestors when they were able to purchase land, that is the first thing they did. >> reporter: for 400 years, they passed down their language, art and traditions. and for the last 150 years, they passed down their land. which spans the southeast coast from north carolina to florida. an area known as the gullah corridor. about 200,000 people claim family ties to the formerly enslaved people mostly from west africa. and this descendant has a farm that sits on land her gre...

In the united states, anti—racism activists have celebrated the removal of a controversial statue of a confederate general. the memorial to robert e lee in the city of richmond in virginia, the former capital of the confederacy, became a focal point during last year's black lives matter protests. william b gould was the first ever black law professor at stanford university in california, and has pieced together the diaries of his great—grandfather — a literate, educated slave who fled to freedom in 1862 and joined the us navy to fight the civil war. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. i wi...

Fallen — he also died. in the united states, anti—racism activists have celebrated the removal of a controversial statue of a confederate general. the memorial to robert e lee in the city of richmond in virginia — the former capital of the confederacy — became a focal point during last year's black lives matter protests. earlier i spoke to william b gould — the first ever black law professor at stanford university, who has pieced together the diaries of his great—grandfather — a literate, educated slave who fled to freedom in 1862. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. but why was...

The memorial to robert e lee in the city of richmond in virginia — the former capital of the confederacy — became a focal point during last year's black lives matter protests. earlier i spoke to william b gould — the first ever black law professor at stanford university, who has pieced together the diaries of his great—grandfather — a literate, educated slave who fled to freedom in 1862. i began by asking him to describe the significance of the statue removal. i think it was important because we and the confederacy and the statues, confederate statues that exist throughout the united...

House of representatives on january 13th, by a vote of 232-197, said exactly that. now, even though the senate acquitted the president because they thought, having left office, he could no longer be put on trial, there's no doubt that a bipartisan majority of congress believes it was an insurrection, and everybody who fomented it, including perhaps the president of the united states, should be charged with the crime that they committed. >> so, jeffrey toobin, if it was an insurrection, why should the people involved be charged with insurrection? >> well, i revere l.t., but i do disagree with h...