Jim Crow South /tags/jim-crow-south Jim Crow South en-US Copyright Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:06:18 GMT Overlooked trailblazer: Before Rosa Parks, Sarah Keys refused to back down /race-demographics/2021-11-05/trailblazer-rosa-parks-sarah-keys-army-women-black-roundtree-nc Nearly seven decades after two Black Army women from North Carolina helped end discrimination on interstate buses, the state is recognizing their nearly-forgotten civil rights case. A historical marker will soon be dedicated in Roanoke Rapids. Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:06:18 GMT /race-demographics/2021-11-05/trailblazer-rosa-parks-sarah-keys-army-women-black-roundtree-nc Jay Price Land Speculators Are Legally Forcing Black Southerners Off Family Land /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land For generations, Black landowners in the South relied on informal agreements, instead of wills, to keep property in the family. In a new article from… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:04:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao Land Speculators Are Legally Forcing Black Southerners Off Family Land /race-demographics/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land For generations, Black landowners in the South relied on informal agreements, instead of wills, to keep property in the family. In a new article from… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:04:25 GMT /race-demographics/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao