Beverly Burkett and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Small Farm Program want to keep Black farms in the family. One woman, a former worker at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is doing what ...

As wealth inequality remains stark, fueled in part by racial differences in homeownership rates, attention is increasingly turning to a lesser-known area of property ownership - heirs' property. Heirs ...

It was a hot July afternoon, and Saul Blair stood at the edge of a forest in northern Georgia, watching a pickup truck bounce along a rutted dirt road. Blair is a retired health care executive who ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3 proclaiming freedom for all enslaved people in the state and effectively wiping out the ...

The majority of land lost is farmland that was painstakingly acquired by Blacks in the years immediately following the emancipation of enslaved Black people The loss of that property has stifled ...

“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look at the issue of land passed down through generations, told through the lens of one man’s struggle to retain land purchased a century ago by his ...

FLORENCE — A free Heirs' Property and Land seminar will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation Public Library, 509 S. Dargan St., Florence. The seminar is sponsored by ...

CALHOUN COUNTY, Mich. — Community members were invited Wednesday to the Washington Heights United Methodist Church in Battle Creek to share their opinions surrounding recurring issues with Calhoun ...

“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look atthe issue of land passed down through generations, told through the lens of one man’s struggle to retain land purchased a century ago by his ...