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  • Inherit the Land (2022)
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Inherit the Land (2022)
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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 Ross Houston who had grown up in their home. Maggie ...See moreAt 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 dominated race relations in the culture around them. When the will was revealed, more than 100 of their cousins challenged it, asserting that the bequest proved that Maggie Ross was mentally incompetent to make a will. Two white juries in Monroe, N.C., upheld the will in the 1920s. The Charlotte Observer wrote, "Perhaps not greater temptation was ever placed before a jury to break a will, but it made bold to establish justice for Negroes and write a triumph for the law." Their significant participation in the cotton economy empowered other Black families to become landowning farmers and led to generations of unbroken racial harmony in the rural community that endures today. Inherit the Land, based on the 2006 history Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will, tells the story from its 19th-century origins to the present. Written by Gene Stowe See less
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2022 (United States)

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23 cast members
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Kevin J. O'Connor
John Sikes (Monroe, NC Mayor & Lawyer) John Sikes (Monroe, NC Mayor & Lawyer)   See fewer
James B. Potts
Dr. Robert Potts Dr. Robert Potts   See fewer
Art Parsells
John J. Parker John J. Parker   See fewer
Jay N. Cohen
Frank Crane Frank Crane   See fewer
James D. Johnson
ET Cansler ET Cansler   See fewer
Lorayn DeLuca
Eugenia Eugenia   See fewer
Farrah Brown
Mittie Bell (10) Mittie Bell (10)   See fewer
Finley Duncan
Lillie Jane Lillie Jane   See fewer
George Smith
AM (Amos) Stack AM (Amos) Stack   See fewer
Marlena Allison
Harriet Grier / Portia Harriet Grier / Portia   See fewer
Steve Turner
JG Parks JG Parks   See fewer
Elwin Houston
Bob Ross (30) Bob Ross (30)   See fewer
Susan Sganga
Jamina Taylor Jamina Taylor   See fewer
Mike Jeffcoat
RA Hudson RA Hudson   See fewer
Janet Westbrook
Harriet Taylor Harriet Taylor   See fewer
Jeff Carpenter
Judge J. Bis Ray Judge J. Bis Ray   See fewer
Billy Vinson
Bob Ross (60) Bob Ross (60)   See fewer
Nathan Westbrook
Policeman Policeman   See fewer
Maya Williamson
Mittie Bell (18) Mittie Bell (18)   See fewer
James Potts III
Dr. RM. Potts Dr. RM. Potts   See fewer
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