Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

As developers build new homes to accommodate suburban sprawl, historic Black communities like Ten Mile on South Carolina's coast become increasingly vulnerable to tidal flooding. Credit: Courtesy of Dana Coleman

Flooding the Market: First in a series about climate change and coastal threats in South Carolina. TEN MILE, S.C.—At high tide, the marsh alongside Seafood Road disappears under an inscrutable mirror of water. Then, as it drains, reeds resurface and begin to trace hundreds of paths through the marsh, etched by generations of subsistence fishing.  … Continue reading Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

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