Ceremony unveils marker for unmarked graves in Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
Posted Sep 19, 2016
A marker was unveiled on Sunday in remembrance of 361 unmarked African-American graves at the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. On Feb. 29, a marker that was erected to pay respect to the unmarked graves was uprooted after community backlash over the lack of a proper dedication ceremony.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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