Inherit the Land

At the turn of the 20th century, two wealthy antebellum white sisters in Marvin, N.C., wrote a will leaving their 800-acrehomeplace to Bob Ross, a Black man, and his daughter Mittie Bell Ros... Read allAt the turn of the 20th century, two wealthy antebellum white sisters in Marvin, N.C., wrote a will leaving their 800-acrehomeplace to Bob Ross, a Black man, and his daughter Mittie Bell Ross Houston who had grown up in their home. Maggie and Sallie Ross made the bequest while vi... Read allAt the turn of the 20th century, two wealthy antebellum white sisters in Marvin, N.C., wrote a will leaving their 800-acrehomeplace to Bob Ross, a Black man, and his daughter Mittie Bell Ross Houston who had grown up in their home. Maggie and Sallie Ross made the bequest while violence, voter suppression and newly erected Confederate monuments to white supremacy domin... Read all