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White 👿 Developers found graves in the Virginia woods. White Authorities then helped erase the historic #BlackAmerican cemetery. - ProPublica apple.news/AYhJaGmR_THahv…
After the discovery of the cemetery, the county and its consultants turned to archaeologists, which federal law required they retain. But that didn’t go as they hoped. In a detailed report, the archaeologists determined that the cemetery “is eligible for inclusion” on the…
historic registry. The report stressed the cemetery’s significance to African American life and death in Southside Virginia, citing the fact that Stephen Moseley and his relatives were Black. “It is recommended that the area be avoided,” the report said.”
