In a story that continues to resonate into 2026 and beyond, three Maryland sisters are leading a determined effort to reclaim 36 acres of ancestral land lost to discriminatory practices—transforming a painful chapter of American history into a forward-looking model for community restoration.
LaTisha Gasaway-Paul, Teresa Gasaway-Gleaton, and LaTrice Gasaway-Johnson—collectively known as the Gasaway sisters—are working to recover land once owned by their great-great-grandfather, William Dove, a formerly enslaved man who purchased the property in the late 1800s.
Dove’s acquisition of the land represented both resilience and a long-term investment in his family’s future…