Among the gray tombstones weathered by wind, rain, and time in the historic North Cemetery of Portsmouth, N.H., there now ...

Portsmouth leaders join Laurel Yancy, a descendant of Dinah Chase Whipple, to unveil a headstone for woman who founded school ...

After decades of disrepair, the descendants of those buried at Woodlawn Cemetery and volunteers are working to restore their ...

Westchester legislators are working on a plan to preserve Stoney Hill Cemetery from development. The town of Harrison's ...

PORTSMOUTH — The community gathered with Laurel Yancey, a descendant of Dinah Chase Whipple to unveil a headstone June 13, marking the grave of the woman who founded the first school for Black ...

Balaam Allen, born enslaved, became one of the founders of Melbourne. On this Juneteenth, he'll be honored in Brevard County.

At least 37 former slaves freed by Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation are among people buried at Topeka's Ritchie Cemetery.

Some 51 Black men who fought with the U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War have gone more than 50 summers here now without ...

The Lowcountry is home to hundreds of historic African American cemeteries, but because of a lack of documentation and records, they can often be overlooked.

American Muslims gather for a convention, including service to restore neglected African American graves in a forgotten cemetery.

The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition is continuing a years-long fight to preserve and memorialize what was once Moses ...