Rodney Hawkins, a producer with CBS News, helped piece together his family’s history and restore a 200-year-old cemetery. The exhibit was presented at AT&T’s downtown headquarters.
Rodney Hawkins has a new exhibition called 'The Mount Experience' at AT&T Headquarters that traces his journey to restore an East Texas cemetery and unlock his family's history.
Ancestry.com is one popular way to dive into family history. But Dallas journalist Rodney Hawkins says sometimes your own family can provide much more information. He has a new exhibition called "The Mount Experience" at AT&T Headquarters that traces his journey to restore an East Texas cemetery and unlock his family's history.
Black family begins 200-year-old cemetery restoration
Congress is considering legislation that would create a database of Black burial sites
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In an effort to preserve Black cemeteries, Congress is considering legislation that would create a database of Black burial sites and provide funding to research and protect them.
This could assist people like CBS News Producer,
Rodney Hawkins, who has taken on the task of preserving his family history after finding their family cemetery in disarray, according to
Practically hidden by overgrowth, the 200-year-old cemetery is located in the piney woods of East Texas and is a part of America’s buried past.