Black cemeteries are reflection of deep segregation history
3 years, 7 months ago

Black cemeteries are reflection of deep segregation history

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — As a child, Linda Davis and her mother broke clay pots over the gravesites of their ancestors, allowing the flowers in them to take root. Similar Black cemeteries are scattered throughout the United States, telling the story of the country’s deep past of cemetery segregation. “Even cemeteries became battlegrounds for dignity.” Black communities responded to being barred from white cemeteries or charged more “by drawing on a long history of Black self-help and community organizing,” Rosenow said. “They just haven’t had the help, and they don’t have the resources.” She said city leaders are often responsible for the neglect of Black cemeteries or the bulldozing of them to make way for development projects. She feels she’s carrying on the legacy of her ancestors and Black community organizers who opposed cemetery segregation and built these cemeteries.

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