In the early 1900s, Black Americans owned 19 million acres of land—today that number has dwindled to three million acres. Land loss often occurs when a landowner dies without a will. And when there is confusion about unpaid real estate taxes, the land is at risk of being auctioned by local governments. We speak with Kajsa Foskey, with the Virginia Poverty Law Center who is fighting to protect family land, and Parker Agelasto, of the Capital Region Land Conservancy.

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