For more than six decades, descendants and a handful of supporters have fought to preserve Mount Zion and Female Union Band ...

The Marietta African American Legacy Initiative began last summer as a five-person committee, aiming “to restore and bring recognition to two African American cemeteries that date back to pre-Civil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paterson resident David Benjamin wanted to know more about his African American ancestors who once lived across North Jersey.

NMAFMAI copy gift of Lynn Rainville. "In Hidden History, Lynn Rainville travels through the forgotten African American cemeteries of central Virginia to recover information crucial to the stories of ...

TAMPA, Fla. — In the last five years, the state of Florida has seen a rise in reports of erased African American cemeteries. Many attribute the conversation surrounding these lost cemeteries to ...

The founder of Maryland’s legislative Black Caucus heard whispers of a “secret cemetery” holding children’s graves, so in 1972 he walked into the woods to see for himself. Among weeds and crawling ...

Archaeologists, volunteers and Africatown community residents the past two weeks have braved the heat walking through Old Plateau Cemetery and New Plateau Cemetery, taking pictures of each gravesite, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Home Depot Foundation teamed up with nonprofit Richmond Community Toolbank on Friday to build new outdoor furniture for African American Cemeteries throughout the Richmond ...

St. Philips Moravian Church members place flowers by gravestones in the Strangers' Graveyard and the African American ...

North Jersey residents continue to uncover information about African American burial grounds, prominent and hidden, in the area. Junteenth, observed on June 19, commemorates the ending of slavery in ...