Historic Black cemeteries are being neglected, vandalized, and threatened by development, putting generations of history at risk of being erased. These burial grounds are sacred spaces that hold the stories, sacrifices, and legacies. Our history deserves the same dignity in death as it did in life.
The first time Terry O’Neal walked into an old cemetery, she found splintered coffins pushed up by storms and time, with “skeletons sitting outside of caskets.” In Chloe, Louisiana, the acre that…
