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The Struggle for Black Land: Preserving Heirs’ Property by Building Trust

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Read this national article by the Center’s CEO, Dr. Jennie L. Stephens, in the June 22nd edition of The Nonprofit Quarterly!  See how unclear legal title has been a leading cause of Black land loss and how ending this requires combining legal and economic supports with trust-based community organizing. Dr. Stephens article, “The Struggle for Black Land: Preserving Heirs’ Property by Building Trust”, is about land justice, economic justice, environmental justice and racial justice.

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