Sea level rise follows an East Coast island community that already moved once

The Chesapeake oyster population collapsed in the 1980s and 1990s because of disease and overfishing, forever changing Oyster. It also destroyed a regional industry driven by Black workers. This contribution has often been forgotten, said Vincent Leggett, a historian who heads the Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation.

“They need to endeavor to find a way to memorialize that history and legacy and deliberately combat erasure,” he said, as part of any community planning or relocation effort.

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