"clotilda" will lead to the revitalization of africatown, and they'd like the descendants of timothy meaher their ancestors, to get involved. according to tax records, meaher's descendants still own an estimated 14% of the land in historic africatown. their name is on nearby street signs and property markers. court filings indicate their real estate and timber businesses are worth an estimated $36 million. but so far, the descendants we spoke with say no one from the meaher family has been willing to meet. >> patterson: i don't think it's something that people want to remember. >> wallace: because they have to acknowledge that they benefit from it today. >> that they benefited, that's it. that they benefited. and they don't want to acknowledge that. >> cooper: people don't want to look back and acknowledge it. >> they don't want to acknowledge that that's how part of their wealth was derived. >> patterson: big part. >> and that, on the backs of those people. >> cooper: what would you want to say to them? i mean, if-- if they were willing to sit down and have, you know, have a coffee with yo