Part of PICRYL.com. Not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress

african american cemeteries

public
5 media by topicpage 1 of 1
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Tanners Mollett. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. American Folklife Center: Tanners Mollett. Southern West V...

Event: Memorial Day Weekend on Graveyard Hill. "Graveyard Hill is the site of an African American cemetery on the hillside above the sludge pond ("coal refuse impoundment") now filling Shumate's Branch. Each ye... More

Scene at the historic Aiken Colored Cemetery, since 1988 called Pine Lawn Memorial Gardens, in Aiken, South Carolina

Scene at the historic Aiken Colored Cemetery, since 1988 called Pine L...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established in 1852, the cemetery, now somewhat overgrown with weeds, was the only burial place for African-Americans in Aiken until t... More

Headstones at the historic Aiken Colored Cemetery, since 1988 called Pine Lawn Memorial Gardens, in Aiken, South Carolina

Headstones at the historic Aiken Colored Cemetery, since 1988 called P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established in 1852, the cemetery, now somewhat overgrown with weeds, was the only burial place for African-Americans in Aiken until t... More

Headstones at the historic Aiken Colored Cemetery, since 1988 called Pine Lawn Memorial Gardens, in Aiken, South Carolina

Headstones at the historic Aiken Colored Cemetery, since 1988 called P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established in 1852, the cemetery, now somewhat overgrown with weeds, was the only burial place for African-Americans in Aiken until t... More

Daisy Ross cleaning and decorating a grave

Daisy Ross cleaning and decorating a grave

Event: Memorial Day Weekend on Graveyard Hill. "Graveyard Hill is the site of an African American cemetery on the hillside above the sludge pond ("coal refuse impoundment") now filling Shumate's Branch. Each ye... More