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