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418 Unmarked Graves of Danville, Virginia’s Freedpeople Have Now Been Located Using Ground-Penetrating Radar

Phase I of Danville, Virginia’s project looking for the burial locations of the city’s formerly enslaved African American population has been completed. Ground penetrating radar…

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One Product of Reconstruction: The First Black Cemetery in Columbia S.C. Celebrates 150th Anniversary

Last Saturday, May 21, Columbia, South Carolina celebrated the 150th Anniversary of Randolph Cemetery. This was the first cemetery for African Americans in the city…

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