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Sisters carry on father’s legacy as caretakers of historic Black cemetery
Angela and Suzen Witcher continue their father's dedication to preserving Pennington African Cemetery, one of New Jersey's ...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: NYC’s sacred — and segregated — Black burial sites
Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...
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Uncovering a painful past for African Americans, one headstone at a time
“It is imperative that we recognize burial grounds of enslaved Americans as significant landmarks of our nation’s historical narrative,” she says. The largest rediscovered site is the ...
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How the Burial Ground of My Enslaved African Ancestors Became a Historical Landmark
Jackson was raising funds to purchase a historical marker for a long-neglected, unmarked cemetery where our enslaved African ancestors ... The preservation of the burial ground began in 2023 ...
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Modern Building Honoring African Burial Ground to Transform New Lots Library
Brooklyn Public Library has unveiled designs for a dramatically reimagined modern library in New Lots that nods to the site’s history as an African burial ground, set to replace the currently standing ...
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NYC's African Burial Ground and feds reach accord expected to mean more support for the site
The National Park Service and the African Burial Ground National Monument, the final resting place for 15,000 free and enslaved New Yorkers, have reached a deal that will allow the site to channel ...
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Pine Street African Burial ground archeological dig unearths remains
KINGSTON, N.Y. — An ongoing archeological dig at the Pine Street African Burial Ground has unearthed the remains of five humans including four adults and one child, according to Harmabee’s ...
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Advocates Reclaim Forgotten New York Cemetery For Enslaved Africans And Black Americans
Harambee Kingston, a non-profit organization that has maintained custody and ownership of the Pine Street African Burial Ground in Kingston, New York since 2021, wants to create a memorial in ...
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Richmond's first city-run African burial ground receives state historical marker
The marker for the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground was dedicated at a ceremony Thursday at 1541 E. Broad St. “We are thankful and grateful for the recognition from the Department of ...
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Black burial sites in Charleston are often threatened by development. A new tool helps protect them.
The two-year project, led by the Preservation Society of Charleston and Anson Street African Burial Ground Project, resulted in an interactive virtual map showing the locations of known or ...
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New Lots Library redesign pays tribute to its roots as an African burial ground
Brooklyn Public Library has unveiled designs for a dramatically reimagined modern library in New Lots that nods to the site’s history as an African burial ground, set to replace the currently standing ...