Black Financier Says Oil Giant ConocoPhillips Ignored His Ancestor’s Claim to Land They Purchased In 1889, Robbing Them of ‘Riches from Oil-Soaked Land’; Files $900M Lawsuit
A Black financier filed a $900 million lawsuit against the oil company ConocoPhillips. Kneeland Youngblood claims that the oil company profited by ignoring his family’s claim to the land bought by his ancestors in 1889. The Wall Street Journal reports that the 67-year-old filed the lawsuit on behalf of the descendants of his ancestors for…