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Kicked Off the Land

Posted on July 22, 2019 by lindaoppenheim

The New Yorker story of brothers Melvin Davis and Licurtis Reels deprived of their land and imprisoned for eight years for civil contempt is an example of a system that operates to deprive African Americans of their property. “Between 1910…

Category: Article Tags: African Americans, land, law, Licurtis Reels, Lizzie Presser, Melvin Davis, ownership, property, wealth gap

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