New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to ...

New Orleans celebrated the repatriation and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Similar stories of disregard and rediscovery have played out elsewhere. In Manhattan, the African Burial Ground National Monument marks the site where an estimated 15,000 free and enslaved ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...