finding Lumpkin’s Jail and locating the Burial Ground for Negroes
The Virginia Historical Society invites the community to attend Hidden Things Brought to Light: Finding Lumpkin’s Jail and Locating the Burial Ground for Negroes. The free event will be held this...
View Article“VCU is paving over the dead”
The paving over of the negro burial ground at 15th&Broad, delayed last year after protests, is under way today. Kenneth Yates posted the following message along with pictures of the repaving. We...
View ArticleVCU repaves over slave burial ground- the flip side
Following last week’s protests, Style Weekly presents an argument in favor of the repaving of the parking lots which lie over the negro burial ground. The reasoning? Repaving may help protect the...
View ArticleMeet Me in the Bottom
”Meet Me in the Bottom- The Struggle to Reclaim Richmond’s African Burial Ground” premieres October 23 at the Grace Street Theater at 7:00 p.m. The Burial Ground for Negroes (ca. 1750-1816) is located...
View ArticleLawsuit filed to study VCU parking lot, slave burial ground
Former Richmond City Councilman Sa’ad El-Amin filed a lawsuit this morning against Virginia Department of Historic Resources Director Kathleen Kilpatrick. From the RTD: The suit seeks to order the...
View Article8th Annual Gabriel’s Rebellion and Burial Ground Commemoration
Via the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project: The 8th Annual Gabriel’s Rebellion and Burial Ground Commemoration wil be held October 10, somewhere: It’s about time to come together and have a...
View ArticleState to buy parking lot / burial ground
cbs6 is reporting that “Gov. Bob McDonnell will hold a news conference on Wednesday, to announce that the state will purchase a controversial Virginia Commonwealth University parking lot in Richmond’s...
View ArticleSlave Burial Ground Discussed at City Council
I don’t know if discussed is completely correct because that implies an exchanging of ideas from two parties. What occurred last night appears to be a little more one sided. From RVA News’ City Council...
View ArticleSlave Burial Ground in Style Weekly
The plans or lack of plans is the subject of an article in today’s Style Weekly. VCU will use state money to rip up the asphalt that was laid down but beyond that things get hazy. The Slave Trail...
View ArticleRTD Editorial on Burial Grounds
Michael Williams goes after VCU for what he perceives as a lack of action and understanding in relation to the Slave Burial Grounds. If VCU finds itself in a parking bind, whose fault is that? The...
View ArticleWork to begin on Slave Burial Ground this Month
Later this month work will begin to turn the parking lot believed to be over an African Burial site into a grass covered memorial. The VCU parking lot will close on May 20 and work to begin the next...
View ArticleBurial Ground Protesters Not Charged
Last month four protesters blocked access to a Virginia Commonwealth University parking lot and were subsequently arrested and charged with trespassing. The protesters were objecting to the possible...
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