For Juneteenth, here's our growing database of African American burial grounds in New Jersey — and what they mean to us today ...

An African American burial ground project in South Carolina is just one subject in Caroline Gutman’s search for a history hiding in plain sight. By Caroline Gutman Caroline Gutman’s ...

For people working to preserve historic Black cemeteries, the sacred nature of resting places takes on heightened ...

there's evidence compiled by local researchers that a posh neighborhood was once a burial ground for enslaved Africans. The state Commission on African American History is set to meet on ...

The driver did suggest we tour the African American Burial Ground, just off Parking lots C & D. The main cemetery for white people was fenced to keep unscheduled people out. The graves were marked ...

This was before the opening of the Mount Zion African American Burial ground on South Wall Street. Previous digs in 2022 and 2023 have turned up remains of multiple people within the bounds of ...

Students working at the site of an African American burial ground, backfilling a hole they had dug, in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Three students dig in a backyard at ...

The following is an unofficial database of African American burial grounds in Delaware, compiled by this reporter through research and information provided by various sources. Its aim is to help ...

On old maps of Staten Island, the cemetery was marked as an African-American burial ground, as only African-Americans and enslaved people were buried there. In the 1950′s, the cemetery failed to ...

If and when future African American burial grounds are uncovered in New Hampshire, state law now explicitly outlines how their discovery should be handled. Senate Bill 11, signed into law this ...

referring to a happenstance discovery of a burial ground followed by a scramble to protect it. “Strangely enough, it always seems to happen with African American cemeteries. I can’t remember ...

If and when future African American burial grounds are uncovered in New Hampshire, state law now explicitly outlines how their discovery should be handled. Senate Bill 11, signed into law this ...