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Judge dismisses suit by Georgia slave descendants over technical errors. Lawyers vow to try again

Mar. 13, 2024 16:35 PM EDT

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has thrown out a lawsuit accusing local officials of race discrimination when they approved zoning changes to one of the South's last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants. Superior Court Judge Jay Stewart ruled the civil...