Blacks took over Bird Refuge in 1979 - Evicted in 3 days (They were ancestors of Blacks who lived there for many years)

http://deadstate.org/when-black-protesters-took-over-a-wildlife-refuge-in-1979-they-were-removed-in-3-days/

A white plantation owner had deeded the land to a former slave following the civil war and many freed slaves came to live in the area, which was called Harris Neck. They lived, fished, farmed, built, and worked there until 1942 when the military took over the land through eminent domain. They gave the residents 3 weeks to leave, burned down their homes and farms, and built an airbase on top of it, which they abandoned after World War II.

The land was then converted into the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge.

Decades later, 26 families who were direct descendants of the original inhabitants organized to take the land back. On April 30, 1979, they staged an unarmed sit-in to force the government to recognize their cause, and asked for $50 million in reparations to rebuild the town the government had burned down 40 years earlier.