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December 9, 2022
Caretakers of the Olivewood Cemetery in Houston have been left outraged after construction workers ripped out a newly installed fence.
April 19, 2022
An abandoned, historic Black cemetery in Central Florida will be restored thanks to a half-million-dollar grant from state officials. 
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December 13, 2021
Celestina Bishop decided to take action after finding the grounds of Woodlawn Cemetery abandoned where her family is buried.
May 1, 2021
Many Black Americans excluded from white-owned cemeteries built their own burial spaces, and their descendants are working to preserve them.
January 29, 2021
Black deputy not allowed to be buried in Oaklin Springs Cemetery due to race. Reports show its contracts had not…
July 19, 2020
A fence in Cedars Memorial Garden, separating Black and white burial plots, was removed in a small town in East…
December 20, 2019
Researchers will use cadaver dogs to search MacDill AFB in Tampa, Fla., to seek out the location of a Black…
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April 24, 2019
A woman whose mother and grandmother rest in Washington Park Cemetery wants to get rid of the commercial signage hanging…
June 28, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition in hospital Friday, a family feud over where the 94-year-old…
February 14, 2013
VIDEO - Sue Spears noticed some grave markers near her Austin, Texas home 15 years ago when she used to…
November 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A local New York organization is planning a restoration project for nearly two dozen African American war…
May 15, 2012
The Mount Auburn cemetery, known as 'The City of Dead for Colored People', was founded in 1872, back when blacks…
October 18, 2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Workers on Tuesday began installing new markers at a public cemetery near Sacramento where relocated Gold…
July 11, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Till's grave wasn't harmed, but his original glass-topped casket was discovered in a garbage-strewn storage shed during…
July 11, 2011
VIDEO - A grieving Memphis mother has been left to wonder what a cemetery did with her daughter's body...
May 24, 2011
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) - The graves hold pioneers from a Gold Rush settlement called Negro Hill...
May 12, 2011
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A California judge has denied a request to immediately block further construction and use of a…
May 6, 2011
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The trouble is getting someone to take responsibility for fixing an error committed during…
July 30, 2010
WASHINGTON - Col. Spann Watson, one of the famed black flyers who fought in WWII, joins the ranks of the…
April 20, 2010
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Down here, there are no memorials to ancient battles, no ornate headstones honoring long-dead dignitaries...