Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground @ShockoeHillABG
Established by the city of Richmond in 1816 - the largest burial ground for enslaved and free people of color in the U.S. - a most endangered historic place. richmondcemeteries.org/potters-field/ 1305 N 5th St., Richmond, VA Joined July 2022-
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"We make our living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." - Peggy King Jorde, @StoryOfBones impact producer and catalyst of @AFBurialGrndNPS #GoodPitch
Buried: how we choose to remember the transatlantic slave trade theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…
See this Instagram photo by @andrea_on_instagram instagram.com/p/C4g3wP1LZtL/…
How the US’s Black cemeteries are being made visible once more: theartnewspaper.com/2024/03/14/how…
Richmond's two African Burial Grounds: Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground (1554 E Broad St.) and Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground (1305 N 5th St.). The drive from one to the other is 1.5 miles.
To be or not to be, that is the new Shockoe Bottom memorial’s question virginiamercury.com/2024/03/04/to-… via @MercuryVirginia
Williams: The Shockoe Project is about our past and our future richmond.com/williams-shock… via @RTDNEWS
VCU Health removes ad on African burying ground, billboard company refuses to follow suit February 28, 2024 News Editor, The Commonwealth Times commonwealthtimes.org/2024/02/28/vcu…
VCU Health removes ad on African burying ground, billboard company refuses to follow suit commonwealthtimes.org/2024/02/28/vcu…
Latest News: The burying ground and the billboard On Monday, February 5, I received a distressing message from Lenora McQueen, descendant and key advocate for the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground... richmondcemeteries.org/.../the-buryin…
Mayor Stoney wants billboard on Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground removed 12onyourside.com/2024/02/23/may…
Richmond wants this billboard removed from alongside I-64. The owners won't budge. (It was constructed upon graves in the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground). wtvr.com/news/local-new…
Today I called for the removal of the billboard that stands on the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground. It’s time we allow these souls to rest in peace without profiting on the land they inhabit.
The 1.2 acre now city owned portion of the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground at 1305 N 5th St. is being included in the Shockoe Project.
The 1.2 acre now city owned portion of the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground at 1305 N 5th St. is being included in the Shockoe Project.
Black cemeteries are being 'erased.' How advocates are fighting to save them usatoday.com/story/news/nat… via @USATODAY
Today, three days after @RTDMPW’s op ed about the @LamarOOH billboard driven into the Shockoe Hill African Burial Ground, the 5th Street billboard has been shrouded in black. The highway side continues to advertise Tronfeld West & Durrett. @ShockoeHillABG #AdsOffGraves
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"To see VCU Health advertise on the burying ground was an insult on another level. Lenora knew how the Medical College of Virginia had for decades profited off the bodies of African Americans buried in the ground, regularly stolen for use as cadavers for anatomical study."
Good reflections of the billboard history from Ryan Smith. "And that’s where we stand today, with a darkened billboard but a stalemate in terms of its future. It is much further than I expected we would be, a tribute to Lenora McQueen’s tireless advocacy." richmondcemeteries.org/2024/02/26/the…
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Richmond's two African Burial Grounds: Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground (1554 E Broad St.) and Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground (1305 N 5th St.). The drive from one to the other is 1.5 miles.
African Americans battling to preserve their cemeteries say they often feel forgotten about and disregarded. In Part 3 of our series Sacred Ground, we spoke with lawmakers about why funding for a federal burial grounds program has no money. @InvestigateTV investigatetv.com/2024/02/29/sac…
Today I called for the removal of the billboard that stands on the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground. It’s time we allow these souls to rest in peace without profiting on the land they inhabit.
The 1.2 acre now city owned portion of the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground at 1305 N 5th St. is being included in the Shockoe Project.
Shockoe Valley is not only a place of national significance, but global significance. Join us as we unveil the Shockoe Project to commemorate the history and stories of enslaved and free Africans. It is time Richmond’s full history was told. RSVP here: shorturl.at/uFHJO
Read this wonderful opinion piece on the burial ground billboard by @RTDMPW! "The exploitation of enslaved labor in Virginia cannot be allowed to morph into a commercial interest profiting from a billboard that sits on what should be hallowed ground."
“The desecration of the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, once the largest burial site for free & enslaved Black people in the nation, has taken many forms. An 1880s road project exposed dead bodies & bones, some of which were used for fill.” 🛣️ @RTDMPW richmond.com/opinion/column…
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