We stepped off the path behind a well-kept church cemetery and into the woods—where a lost African American burial ground has been sitting unnoticed for generations. What we found was overwhelming: ...

The cemetery housed boys who were detained at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children. Deep in Prince George’s County, Maryland, lies a wooded area that holds a forgotten history ...

In the 1800s, segregated Dallas wouldn’t allow its Black residents to be buried next to their white neighbors, so the city ...

Toya Williams, a descendant of Pleasant Litchford, lives in Gahanna, Ohio, and continues to shed light on this legacy. For decades, students at Upper Arlington High School walked across their campus, ...

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The memorial stone of 13 forgotten African American Union Civil War soldiers is unveiled. Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery in Canonsburg was the site of a “Forgotten Valor” ...

The Rattlesnake area of Missoula may seem like the ideal Montana neighborhood, but beneath its soil is a buried history of the city. Three young residents of the city have chosen to unearth the ...

Paterson resident David Benjamin wanted to know more about his African American ancestors who once lived across North Jersey. After doing some research, he found that some were buried in what's now ...