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Members of Davidson County s Black community said they have hope and peace after a Minneapolis jury returned guilty verdicts Tuesday on all three charges against former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. It s just hope . a little bit of hope, said Tina Royal a community leader in Lexington, and former president of the Davidson County Democratic Party.
Royal was crying when reached for comment but stressed it was happy tears and a release of anxiety after watching the trial and wondering if this jury would cast a verdict based on the evidence. This is hope that our voices are being heard, she said. When you do bad things, you have to answer for them. You can t treat people wrong because of the color of their skin.
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Their names are not known. Their birth dates, nor date of death are known. In fact, no one really knows how many bodies are buried in a mass grave site for slaves in the Lexington City Cemetery.
The Rev. Dr. Arnetta Beverly does know this, however the men and women buried near the single rock and slab marker deserve remembering. We are the descendants of those slaves, she said. I think they need to be recognized because we really are standing on their shoulders.
Beverly s congregation at St. Stephen United Methodist Church will hold the second annual Service of Commemoration for the slaves buried at the site at 2 p.m. Feb. 21. The gravesite is near the North State Street side of the cemetery. The congregation held a commemoration and committal service last year at the cemetery.
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