America’s Black Cemeteries and Three Women Trying to Save Them
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 27, 2023
The child’s headstone is inscribed simply “Nannie,” marking the grave of a 7-year-old girl who died on May 18, 1856. She is buried in one of Washington’s oldest Black cemeteries, in a neglected corner of Georgetown. For years she has touched visitors who have left toys, dolls and birthday cards at her grave.
This year on Juneteenth, the June 19 holiday commemorating Emancipation, 200 people visited the Mount Zion . . .
