Flashback Frank - Cemetery Community

February is recognized at Black History Month acknowledging themany accomplishments of the African American community.
Did you know there was once a thriving African American communityin Rutherford County known as the Cemetery Community?
That’s right, the community once known as Cemetery was establishedmostly by freed slaves right after the American Civil War. Theybecame landowners, shop keepers, educators, ministers and leadingmembers of our community.
In fact, the first residents of C ...

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