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Cemetary

The site where a total of 67 previously unknown grave shafts have been identified north of and adjacent to the University Cemetery (Photo: Cole Geddy/UVA Today)

Forgotten graves at U.Va likely belonged to black slaves

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - Although the graves have not been officially confirmed as holding the remains of black slaves, the university has no plans to excavate or uncover the graves to assure respect for the remains according to UVA Today...
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First black Heisman winner's gravesite robbed

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ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) - Officials at an upstate New York cemetery say someone keeps stealing a football from the grave of Ernie Davis, a college star who was the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy...
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Slave cemeteries plowed over in '20s to be restored

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - Two cemeteries that had been dedicated to the burial of African-American slaves and their descendants were plowed over in 1929, but will soon be restored...
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