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North Carolina Couple Set To Buy Historic Black High School Files Lawsuit, Claiming Racial Discrimination

Atiya JordanApril 8, 2022April 8, 2022

by Atiya JordanApril 8, 2022April 8, 20221295

A North Carolina couple looking to purchase an historic Black high school has filed a lawsuit accusing the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission of racial discrimination....

News

How Tenants in Washington, D.C. Fought Against Gentrification and Won

Jeffrey McKinneyJanuary 22, 2022January 22, 2022

by Jeffrey McKinneyJanuary 22, 2022January 22, 2022962

Developers use "constructive eviction" to make affordable housing oppressive in Washington, D.C., but residents of Congress Heights Apartments weren't having it....

Leadership

Expert Reveals How to Protect Communities from Corporate Expansion and Gentrification

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJanuary 19, 2022January 19, 2022

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJanuary 19, 2022January 19, 2022455

Gentrification expert T.J. Loftin offers real solutions for communities at risk in his new book, Monetizing Gentrification: Building Black Ownership....

Entrepreneurship

This Community Leader Is Building an Africatown to Fight Gentrification in Seattle’s Central District

Daron PressleyJune 23, 2021

by Daron PressleyJune 23, 20212444

Community leader K. Wyking Garrett, president and CEO of Africatown Community, is designing programs for sustainable Black communities....

Entrepreneurship Money

These Fraternity Brothers Are Buying Back Their Neighborhood To Stop The Spread Of Gentrification

Dana GivensOctober 20, 2020November 2, 2020

by Dana GivensOctober 20, 2020November 2, 202089313

Two members of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity decided to make some money and buy back their neighborhood to help locals stay in their homes. ...

News

Ex-Cop Says Atlanta Police Worked With Land Developers to Arrest and Evict Black Residents

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 202017111

A white Atlanta police officer says he quit his job after finding out the police department was working with developers to arrest and evict Black...

Black Lives Matter News

Black Lives Matter Protesters Demand White Gentrifiers ‘Give Black People Back Their Homes!’ in Seattle

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 17, 2020August 18, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 17, 2020August 18, 202031712

Black Lives Matter protesters marching through a residential neighborhood in Seattle demanded that white gentrifiers give up their homes....

Entrepreneurship

This Young HBCU Graduate Is Buying Property In Houston To Curb Gentrification

Dana GivensJune 25, 2020June 25, 2020

by Dana GivensJune 25, 2020June 25, 202025582

Christopher Senegal is an HBCU graduate that is encouraging Houston's Fifth Ward native residents to fight against gentrification by investing in their communities....

Men News

A Black Nashville Man, Afraid to Walk in His Gentrified Neighborhood, Got 75 Neighbors to Walk With Him

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJune 5, 2020June 5, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJune 5, 2020June 5, 202015902

A black man in Nashville man who feared walking alone in his gentrified neighborhood got 75 people from his community to walk with him....

Entrepreneurship

This Texas Realtor Created An Investment Company to Help Low-Income Communities

Dana GivensMarch 31, 2020March 31, 2020

by Dana GivensMarch 31, 2020March 31, 20201282

This Dallas real estate entrepreneur created an investment company to help low income residents from losing their homes to gentrification....