A simple marble marker in Riverside Cemetery notes 29-year-old William Frederick Black Jr. died Dec. 20, 1940, but says nothing about his heroic death.
In Oak Ridge Cemetery in Macon, Ga., efforts to understand a once willfully forgotten Black cemetery are leading people to a new understanding of their history.
A gravesite in Macon’s Rose Hill Cemetery containing the remains of a family killed in a grisly murder more than a century ago was vandalized earlier this month, and investigators are looking for the suspects.
Around the country, colleges and universities are beginning to work through their historical relationships to the institution of slavery. Sometimes the history is well documented, even if ignored. In other cases, the connection between higher learning and slavery requires some detective work.
At least four abandoned African American cemeteries have been rediscovered in Florida. The finds are forcing communities to look at their history and racist policies that targeted Black neighborhoods.
At least four abandoned African American cemeteries have been rediscovered in Florida. The finds are forcing communities to look at their history and racist policies that targeted Black neighborhoods.
After her teenaged son drowned, Pastor Michelle Thomas decided to bury him in a old burial ground she had come across earlier while searching for a new site for her church.
