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Slave descendants vow to fight on after Georgia county approves larger homes for island enclave
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHogg Hummock is one of just a few surviving communities in the South of people known as Gullah, or...
Lawsuit filed by Georgia descendants of enslaved people to protect their land faces another...
theGrio via AOL· 6 months agoHogg Hummock landowners accuses McIntosh County officials of intentionally targeting a mostly poor,...
Ga. Slave descendants face vote on whether wealthy can build large homes in their island enclave
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDescendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island are watching anxiously Monday evening as...
Slave descendants on Georgia island fighting to keep protections that helped them keep their land
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDescendants of enslaved people who populate a tiny island community are once again fighting their...
Slaves' descendants seek a referendum to veto zoning changes they say threaten their Georgia island
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTwo weeks after local officials weakened restrictions that for decades protected a tiny Georgia...
Island slave descendants settle Georgia discrimination suit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn enclave of slave descendants on the Georgia coast have settled a federal lawsuit that claimed a...
Billionaire's million-dollar Nantucket beach house has officially been swept away
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBarry Sternlicht's Nantucket property experienced severe erosion, requiring the home to be...
Judge dismisses suit by Georgia slave descendants over technical errors. Lawyers vow to try again
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Georgia judge has thrown out a lawsuit accusing local officials of race discrimination when they...
New Bedford pair found guilty and sentenced in Nantucket cocaine trafficking case
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNANTUCKET — A judge has sentenced two people to prison terms after a jury convicted the pair of...
Littering, fires and trespassing: Committee formed to address Narragansett Beach complaints
The Newport Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPORTSMOUTH – About 20 Portsmouth residents gathered at the Common Fence Point community center to...