The order, which stated “so that each family shall have a plot of not more than forty acres of tillable ground…,” led to the ...

The National Freedmen's Relief Society ... to what extent the emancipated negro is becoming an owner of property and land; what his relation will be to the new Yankee master; what the moral ...

Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo‘s latest Berlinale competition entry “What Does That Nature Say to You” has secured distribution deals across multiple territories, Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has ...

On March 3, 1865, Congress established the Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees. The department provided food, shelter, clothing, medical aid, education and land to the newly freed ...

Freedmen land allotments provided a foundation for prosperity, proving that when resources and opportunity align, Black communities flourish. Today, we must channel that same collaborative spirit ...

The Freedmen’s Town Conservancy is working to ... Fletcher said the Houston Community Land Trust will identify and qualify a buyer with incomes under 80% of the Area Median to receive a grant ...

But some have misinterpreted it as making room for land grabs by the state. That’s not what it does in reality. Property rights remain intact in South Africa. Hot on the heels of this furore has ...

Public lands have been described as America’s “best idea.” They are natural sanctuaries, sources of generational inspiration and for some, ancestral homelands. Every citizen has a right to ...

Lands' End (NASDAQ:LE) just got a major jolt. Shares jumped 18.6% at 10.53am, after Eddie Lampert, who owns 55% of the company, pushed the board to consider a sale, arguing the stock is severely ...

MANILA, Philippines — Of the country’s 15 million hectares of forest lands, only seven million have forest cover, Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said yesterday. Because of ...

He founded Antioch Baptist Church and played a key role in securing land for what would become Emancipation Park. Yates was a trailblazer for the Black community in Houston. Along with designing ...