African American Historical Cemeteries, Land, & More
I'm thankful to the many who send me links to articles and I wanted to share them with you, along with resources I've used along my journey. They are listed below by date of publication. Have one you want to share? Send a link via email!
"Black history dies in neglected Southern cemeteries." USA Today, 30 Jan. 2013.
Atlas Obscura Contributor. "The Persistent Racism of America's Cemeteries," Slate.com, 16 Jan. 2017.
Mortice. "Perpetual Neglect: The Preservation Crisis of African-American Cemeteries," Places Journal, May 2017.
Brown. "The Hidden History of African-American Burial Sites in the Antebellum South." Atlas Obscura. 25 Oct. 2018.
Anderson. "New Legislation Seeks to Protect Lost African-American Burial Grounds." Forbes. 14 Feb. 2019.
AP. "Possible slave cemetery found on Georgia College Campus." AL.com. 13 May 2019.
Guzzo. "Nearly 400 people buried in Tampa are missing..." Tampa Bay Times. 23 June 2019.
Budreau. "Jim Crow Compounded the Grief of African American Mothers Whose Sons Were Killed In World War I." Smithsonian Magazine. 8 Nov. 2019.
Rozsa. "Lost lives, fresh heartache as a black cemetery is found buried under a high school." The Washington Post. 24 Nov. 2019.
Audra. “How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town.” The New York Times, 19 Jan. 2020.
Johnson. "A Counter to Confederate Monuments, Black Cemeteries Tell a Fuller Story of the South." The New York Times, 30 Sept. 2020.
Nicholson. "Clemson finds 600 unmarked graves on campus. But how are they? Researchers rush to find out." Greenville News. 29 Oct. 2020
"Black history dies in neglected Southern cemeteries." USA Today, 30 Jan. 2013.
Atlas Obscura Contributor. "The Persistent Racism of America's Cemeteries," Slate.com, 16 Jan. 2017.
Mortice. "Perpetual Neglect: The Preservation Crisis of African-American Cemeteries," Places Journal, May 2017.
Brown. "The Hidden History of African-American Burial Sites in the Antebellum South." Atlas Obscura. 25 Oct. 2018.
Anderson. "New Legislation Seeks to Protect Lost African-American Burial Grounds." Forbes. 14 Feb. 2019.
AP. "Possible slave cemetery found on Georgia College Campus." AL.com. 13 May 2019.
Guzzo. "Nearly 400 people buried in Tampa are missing..." Tampa Bay Times. 23 June 2019.
Budreau. "Jim Crow Compounded the Grief of African American Mothers Whose Sons Were Killed In World War I." Smithsonian Magazine. 8 Nov. 2019.
Rozsa. "Lost lives, fresh heartache as a black cemetery is found buried under a high school." The Washington Post. 24 Nov. 2019.
Audra. “How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town.” The New York Times, 19 Jan. 2020.
Johnson. "A Counter to Confederate Monuments, Black Cemeteries Tell a Fuller Story of the South." The New York Times, 30 Sept. 2020.
Nicholson. "Clemson finds 600 unmarked graves on campus. But how are they? Researchers rush to find out." Greenville News. 29 Oct. 2020