Woman wants to memorialize unmarked African burial ground
CHRIS SUAREZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch
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This aerial photo shows 1305 North 5th Street, the site of an African burial ground, in Richmond , Va., on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Daniel Sangib/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)Daniel Sangjib Min/AP
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lenora McQueen came to Richmond four years ago to learn more about her fourth great-grandmother. That’s when she found out where she was buried in the city.
She knew freed and enslaved Black cemeteries aren’t usually well-maintained, but she expected to find some evidence of its past; perhaps a few headstones or grave shaft depressions in the ground.