Empowering Black-Owned Businesses And Fighting Gentrification In A Historic Brooklyn Neighborhood
"Building Black Bed-Stuy" was founded by a group of Black women aiming to protect and preserve Bedford Stuyvesant against gentrification....
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Georgia Gullah-Geechee Community Fighting To Preserve Land Under Attack By State Officials
The Gullah-Geechee community in Georgia is fighting to preserve their historic land as plans to roll back protective legislation looms....
The Gullah-Geechee Community Is Fighting To Protect Their Land From Gentrifiers In South Carolina
The Gullah-Geechee community in South Carolina has been battling real estate developers looking to gentrify their land...
Here’s Why This Black-Owned Funeral Home In DC Closed After Nearly 80 Years
The once proud "Chocolate City" has lost one of its last Black-owned funeral homes due to gentrification....
Black Woman Blames Gentrification After Lowball Solicitation On Her Inherited Home
Preparing for the responsibilities of the inheritance from a loved one can certainly be challenging....
Philadelphia’s Black Doctors Row Becomes First Black Historic District
Black Doctors Row became the first Black Historic District in Philadelphia!...
North Carolina Couple Set To Buy Historic Black High School Files Lawsuit, Claiming Racial Discrimination
A North Carolina couple looking to purchase an historic Black high school has filed a lawsuit accusing the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission of racial discrimination....
How Tenants in Washington, D.C. Fought Against Gentrification and Won
Developers use "constructive eviction" to make affordable housing oppressive in Washington, D.C., but residents of Congress Heights Apartments weren't having it....
Expert Reveals How to Protect Communities from Corporate Expansion and Gentrification
Gentrification expert T.J. Loftin offers real solutions for communities at risk in his new book, Monetizing Gentrification: Building Black Ownership....
This Community Leader Is Building an Africatown to Fight Gentrification in Seattle’s Central District
Community leader K. Wyking Garrett, president and CEO of Africatown Community, is designing programs for sustainable Black communities....