Cemeteries

Cemeteries let us know that our ancestors inhabited a physical space. The fight to save African American cemeteries demonstrates that the movement for racial justice spans space and time. If black burial sites are struggling to survive, then so, too, is black history. Our African American cemeteries often represent the last gasp of a rich history, a history that is often scarcely recorded elsewhere. If black lives are to matter in life, then they also must matter after life.

“Everyone who has ever lived has the right to have their stories told and preserved. They have a right to a sacred space where they can rest in peace. We need to tell their stories.”

Teresa Vega
Greenwich, CT

African American Cemeteries in Clark County

WINCHESTER BLACK HISTORY
AND HERITAGE COMMITTEE

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