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Pages in category "African-American cemeteries in Arkansas" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Forrest City Cemetery, also known as City Colored Cemetery and Purifoy Cemetery, [1] is a historic Black burial ground in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. [2] It is thought that this burial ground was founded around c. 1880 , by members of the Spring Creek Baptist Church. [ 2 ]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... African-American cemeteries in Arkansas (11 P) C. ... Black Settlement Burial Ground; F.
Neglect, abandonment and destruction have been the fate of thousands of segregated cemeteries across the country where African Americans – from former slaves to prominent politicians and ...
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. [1] The Colony was established in the years after the American Civil War, when Arkansas experienced an influx of former slaves migrating from states in the Deep South in search of better land and working opportunities. The core of the settlement appears to have been at ...
This story is our second in a series on Black family history to celebrate Black history this February. Once, when Raphael Morris was 10 years old, he and his Black cemeteries are bulldozed and ...
Cemeteries. The preservation of African-American cemeteries is an integral part of documenting Black history and heritage. Many lands where enslaved or freed black individuals were buried are threatened by development and neglect though new efforts are underway to protect these historic places. [6]
The New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is a cemetery on St. Marys Street in Lake Village, Arkansas. The cemetery is located adjacent to a modern church that is located on the site of churches that have served Lake Village's African American population since 1860.