Highways, factories, and other development projects across the United States are threatening the sacred spaces of African American cemeteries. An archaeologist looks to new Congressional action to stop the destruction.
community was built through self-reliance, education, faith, and mutual support at a time when African Americans in the region had few, if any, options for schooling, could not obtain health insurance, and could not be buried in the same cemeteries as their European American counterparts.
“This has been an ongoing injustice, and they are dividing my family with these acts,” said Austin White, whose father rests in the cemetery. I was introduced to the Gibson Grove community in 2008, when I conducted my archaeological dissertation research on the historic Zion church building. The church had a fire in 2004, and the community needed an archaeologist to conduct an archaeological survey to ensure that nothing of historical significance would be destroyed in the process of rebuilding.
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