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A historic Hampton cemetery doesn’t know how many people are buried on its grounds. That could soon change.

HAMPTON — When Elmerton Cemetery began laying people to rest in the 1850s, much of Hampton’s history was yet to be written. As the Civil War erupted in 1861, Fort Monroe became a Union stronghold as ...
MLive

His uncle is buried in a long-neglected Black cemetery. Soon, he could lay flowers on the grave.

YPSILANTI TWP., MI — Some years back, Randall Luten picked up his late cousin in Inkster and took her to Woodlawn Cemetery in Ypsilanti Township “This is where your daddy is buried,” Luten, 77, a ...
Next CityOpinion

The Disgraceful History of Erasing Black Cemeteries in the United States

Op-ed: From grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, reveals the long pattern of Black Americans ...
The Harvard Crimson

Archaeologists Present Findings on Enslaved People Buried in Old Burying Ground

Harvard archaeology professor Jason Ur and Johns Hopkins University professor Aja M. Lans are mapping the racial segregation in the Old Burying Ground cemetery to uncover colonial burial trends in New ...