Congress established a new, national program to preserve African American burial sites. It will provide funding for historic Black cemeteries including two historic cemeteries in Cincinnati.
Madisonville s Union Baptist Church files lawsuit against 5/3 Bank, accusing cemetery desecration
Attorney for Union Baptist Church John Stillpass said Fifth-Third Bank built an office above the United American Cemetery in 2003 and the draining system it chose pushes water into the cemetery displacing headstones and washing away graves.
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CINCINNATI â One of the city s oldest African-American Baptist churches is taking on a major corporation.
Madisonville s Union Baptist Church filed a lawsuit against Fifth-Third Bank Thursday, accusing it of destroying a historic cemetery.
Standing water covers the main roadway through the cemetery and toppled headstones are visible among graves on sloping hillsides.