CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The Anson Street African Burial Memorial is set to honor 36 ancestors with a permanent memorial dedication on Sunday. The memorial process has been over 10 years in the ...
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Rediscovery of African American burial grounds provides long-overdue opportunities for collective healing
In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. They had lain hidden for some 200 years ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Harambee Kingston’s Juneteenth Festival returns for its eighth year Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Pine Street African Burial Ground at 157 Pine St. The theme is ...
(The Conversation) — The movement to protect the long-obscured sites allows communities to reckon with painful histories through healing, remembrance and ancestral connection. (The Conversation) — In ...
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Joanna Gilmore, College of Charleston (THE CONVERSATION) In the course of ...
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