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Black Folks In Maryland Clapping Back at Housing Officials Who Want to Sell a Former Slave Site

Officials want to sell the property but slave descendants are working hard to preserve the historic site.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

October 6, 2022
News

A Maryland Parking Lot That Was Once the Site of a Historic Black Cemetery May Be Sold A Property Management Firm

Activists have filed a lawsuit to block the sale. A hearing will be held Monday to determine what happens next.

By

J.L. Cook

Published

September 25, 2021
Fight to Save an African-American Burial Ground Continues in Bethesda, Md.

A group of supporters fighting to save the site of an African-American burial ground in Bethesda, Md., gathered at a church across the street from the cemetery to demonstrate Sunday. According to WTOP-TV, the Macedonia Baptist Church on River Road was once part of a thriving community of freed slaves. “This is really a protest…

By

Monique Judge

Published

November 14, 2017