In 1929, Little Jim Canady’s family could not afford the luxury of a conventional grave marker, but his son, Ira Canady Sr., took measures to ensure this burial...
Read moreMystery Florida Graveyard May Be Historical Bahamian Cemetery
An unmarked cemetery found in South Florida is believed to be the burial site of over 500 Bahamians, Florida officials say. Florida historian, Larry Wiggins, says he...
Read moreBlack families used south Bibb County cemetery beyond slavery era, DOT finds
It’s perhaps a little ironic that history is coming alive at a graveyard. In south Bibb County near the Middle Georgia Regional Airport, archaeologists have been...
Read moreCemetery serves as silent sentinel of black history
Grand qualities have elevated Mount Hope to the National Register of Historic Places, a rare honor for a graveyard. Just off Fayetteville Street south of downtown, it...
Read moreHistoric cemetery restored, dedicated
For years, the final resting place of two freed slaves and their descendants lay forgotten, covered by leaves and brush off of Old Mill Road in Ridgeway. After the...
Read morePut to work, inmates clear historic cemetery
The Mount Auburn Cemetery – thought to be the city’s oldest cemetery open to black residents – was until recently overrun with honeysuckle vines...
Read moreLove Cemetery
Love Cemetery is the story of small community in the south decides to put together a bi-racial interfaith group to reclaim a bit of African American history.
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