New book explores ‘colored section’ of Oakwood Cemetery
Any true historian knows that if you want to research the life of someone who died several generations ago, you’d better be willing to dig. So when local historians Phyllis Bridges and Linda Willard ...
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Dedication Of The Oak Tree Union Colored Cemetery
By Linda Charlton Friday, February 7 is a big day for the community of Groveland, for that’s when the Oak Tree Union Colored ...
Churchill: Mistakes etched in stone should be corrected
Reeva Nowitz reached out in frustration after discovering errors on the gravestone of Estelle Novick who died in 2020 ...
Monument honors about 450 Black people buried in unmarked graves in Taylor City Cemetery
A monument has been erected to honor about 450 Black people buried in unmarked graves at the Taylor City Cemetery.
Shopper Blog: Finding the history of Knoxville's Black community in a church, a cemetery and a school
Along Lyons View Pike sit three representations of Knoxville's Black history – the former Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and ...