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Preserving the Past: Murfreesboro s Benevolent Cemetery and Its Storied Legacy

  MURFREESBORO, TN - An almost hidden plot of land along the railroad tracks and next to the bridge on South Church Street near Middle Tennessee Boulevard in Murfreesboro is where the 8-acre Benevolent Cemetery stands as a silent witness to over a century of history. That was Margaret McKinley, secretary of the African American Heritage Society of Rutherford County (AAHSR). McKinley told WGNS the cemetery, which was established in 1897 is now owned by the Allen Chapel AME Church. This s .

Paris NAACP Needs Help Restoring Cemeteries

The Paris Chapter of the NAACP seeks volunteers to help care for historic African-American cemeteries. The NAACP’s Abandoned Black Cemetery Association has planned work days for Oct. 21, 22, 28, and 29 to clean up the neglected Greenwood/Baptist Cemetery on West Center Street. Other cemeteries that

FREE TO READ: Call goes out for workers at abandoned cemeteries

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