Black Families Demand Restitution for Land Taken by Eminent Domain.
Black families across the US are seeking the return of land they say was taken in government seizures, an emerging attempt to provide economic restoration for the long saga of Black land loss and deprived inheritances. Descendants are searching for aging deeds and scouring public records to try to prove past ownership of properties that are now the sites of businesses, college dormitories, and parking lots. They want the land or to be paid current market value. The loss of property stripped by deceit, violence, or using eminent domain was relegated to bittersweet memories and cautionary tales.