Black History Month

Every February, we celebrate what our ancestors built. But how often do we stop and ask: what are we doing to protect it? Black History Month is a time of pride, reflection, and remembrance. We honor the trailblazers, the freedom fighters, the everyday people who refused to let this country erase them. Some of that […]

Your great-grandmother survived Jim Crow and still managed to own land. Then she died without a will. And slowly, through court orders, tax auctions, and legal loopholes, that land slipped away.This isn’t a hypothetical. It’s the story of thousands of Black families across America. And it’s still happening. In 1910, Black families owned over 14

What if the very home your grandmother fought to keep could be lost in one court filing? Across the country, thousands of families are watching generational property slip away — not because they didn’t care, but because they didn’t have a plan. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, heirs’ property is one of the

In 1910, Black Americans owned approximately 15 to 16 million acres of farmland in the United States. Today, that number has fallen to roughly 2 to 5 million acres, depending on how it is measured. According to research from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Black farmers have lost about 90 percent of the land