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The Shockoe Bottom historic district in Richmond, Virginia holds an invisible 320-year old story of Black life in Virginia that coincided with and contributed to Richmond's origins and development - from 250+ years as a slave society to the end of slavery through Jim Crow and the civil rights era. The community-based struggle to reclaim the Black history of Shockoe Bottom sought first to assert the right to learn more about their history in Richmond but was later forced to focus on protecting...
A Tale of Two Communities: How Grave Markers Illustrate Marginalization and Self-Determination in African American Cemeteries in Eastern North Carolina (2025)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Burial practices have long been understood to vary both temporally and culturally. However, little research has been conducted using cemetery trends to compare contemporary historic African American cemeteries in different communities. Ayden and Princeville, NC are two towns separated by only thirty-five miles and the Tar River....