00:02It was town is what we always called it. Grandma's taken us to town. It was a beautiful memory until
00:08I became an adult and realized some of the things that happened that made me think this is not such
00:14a pretty place anymore.
00:16Growing up here on Silver Dollar Road was so magical. It was the one place you could go. You wasn't
00:24worried about being targeted by the law.
00:30That property was so valuable, and not from a monetary standpoint, but valuable because of the history.
00:37The first owner of the property, he was born in slavery times.
00:41My great-grandfather died without a living will. Before he died, he said, whatever you do, don't let the white
00:49man have my land.
00:52Okay, yeah, this is our beach. This is our land. This is our water, our club, everything.
00:59This is our land. Okay. This is our home. This is our club, our space, anything.
01:05There's word of part of the property being sold to someone else that the family had no knowledge of.
01:11We was getting threats. It came down and put eviction notice on a lot of Curtis and Melvin houses.
01:19My uncle Melvin told me, I need your help. If they're saying we have to sign our rights away or
01:26go to jail, I'm going to jail.
01:28It was heartbreaking to see them chained.
01:32I went in at 52 and come out at 61. It took the best years of my life.
01:41We fight in power. We fight in money.
01:44What are you doing?
01:46They really wanted this land.
01:48Can't you see that you're breaking?
01:50If you clear out Silver Dollar Road, what you going to do with us? What you going to do with
01:54poor people? Period.
01:56Will it heal my wounded heart?
01:59The family can shout from the rooftops.
02:01The truth.
02:03Nobody listened to them.
02:04Will it heal me before?
02:06This is ours.
02:09Our ancestors left this here for us.
02:12Will it heal my wounded heart?
02:14All of this is what you're fighting for.
02:16Hey, oh, oh.
02:20Hey, oh, oh.
02:22Oh, how are you going to do it?
02:25Oh, oh.
02:25Hey, oh.
02:34Oh, oh, oh.
02:35Oh.
02:36Oh, oh.
02:37Grazie a tutti.
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