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Oakwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the city of Fort Worth, Texas. Deeded to the city in 1879, it is the burial place of prominent local citizens, pioneers, politicians, and performers. Located at 701 Grand Avenue, Oakwood is a 62-acre cemetery on the north side of the Trinity River, just across the river from downtown Fort Worth.
Greenwood Memorial Park at White Settlement Road and Boland Street in Fort Worth, Texas, has been a perpetual care commercial cemetery since its dedication in 1909. The Mount Olivet Corporation, a non-profit organization was founded by the Bailey family of Fort Worth. The organization is overseen by a local elected board of trustees.
Black-owned businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area make up about 3.0% which is just over 3,000 businesses. [12] In addition to the New Great Migration, since around 2010, many African Americans have been moving to the metroplex for its affordable cost of living and job opportunities. [13] [14]
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 ...
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Carroll Marion Peak (1828–1885) – Fort Worth's first physician and founder of the First Christian Church; Baldwin L. Samuel (1803–1879) – Early Fort Worth settler and donor of land for Pioneers Rest; Anna Shelton (1861–1939) – First president of The Woman's Club of Fort Worth, Member of Mary Isham Keith Chapter, NSDAR
A hub for Black communities. At the beginning of the 20th century, Piney Grove Cemetery was part of a thriving African American community. The earliest burials there date back to the 1800s and, of ...