The history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States The burying ground looks like an abandoned lot.

The history of erasing #Blackcemeteries in the #UnitedStates.
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“It’s so many of us, but we don’t know where we are buried,’ Organization creates database for unmarked and missing African American graves Generations of African Americans are buried across the Shenandoah Valley, but many of their final resting places remain unmarked or undocumented. In response, the Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Proj...

“It’s so many of us, but we don’t know where we are buried,’ The Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project creates database for unmarked and missing African American graves www.whsv.com/2025/04/19/i... #blackdh #blackcemeteries #burialgrounds

Charleston cemetery gets digital preservation to honor, preserve black history A sacred piece of Charleston’s past is getting a 21st-century safeguard.

The Preservation Society teamed up with the College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture to digitally and physically document every grave in the Humane and Friendly Society Cemetery. www.live5news.com/2025/04/18/c... #blackdh #blackcemeteries #blackarchive

Restoration efforts underway at historic African American Cemetery in Ypsilanti Township www.youtube.com/watch?v=72T3... The Washtenaw County Office and Ypsilanti Township are partnering to restore and preserve this cemetery, which has been abandoned since 1965. #burialgrounds #blackcemeteries

Imagine there are many cemeteries like this around the country #blackcemeteries #cemetery #americanhistory

Uncovering Houston History Using advanced geo-mapping technology, a University of Houston geophysics professor is helping the Fifth Ward community restore Evergreen Negro Cemetery and honor Houston’s Black heritage.

Uncovering Houston History: Professor Robert Stewart and his team of geophysicists are piecing together a lost chapter of Houston’s community history by mapping the subterranean geology of a neglected Fifth Ward cemetery—Evergreen Negro Cemetery.
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Action Fund Continues Quest To Preserve Historical Black Cemeteries The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund continues its fight to preserve historical Black cemeteries nationwide.

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund continues its fight to restore and preserve historically #Blackcemeteries nationwide.
www.blackenterprise.com/action-fund-... Systemic injustice and racism have left many of these #burialgrounds in deteriorating shape or abandoned.

Descendants of Lick Creek African American Settlement begin cemetery restoration | WBIW BEDFORD - Descendants of free black pioneers who settled in Orange County in the 18th century recently visited the Roberts & Thomas Cemetery, associated with the Lick Creek Settlement in the Hoosier N...

Descendants of Lick Creek (Indiana) African American Settlement (settled by free Black pioneers in the early 1800s) begin cemetery restoration www.wbiw.com/2024/11/26/d... #burialgrounds #blackcemeteries #BlackMidwest