In the 1800s, segregated Dallas wouldn’t allow its Black residents to be buried next to their white neighbors, so the city was forced to find a final resting place for its formerly enslaved residents.
A historic Dallas memorial honoring formerly enslaved Black Americans has been vandalized, leaving community members heartbroken and demanding greater protection for the sacred site. According to ...
A historic Dallas landmark is now under police surveillance after vandals targeted Freedman's Memorial Cemetery, damaging the site and stealing several handcrafted memorial items. The cemetery, ...
The Freedman’s Cemetery Memorial, a Dallas historical landmark and burial site for the city’s African American population, was reportedly vandalized last week, community leaders and city officials ...
DALLAS — A Mesquite man has been charged in connection with the theft of eight bronze plaques stolen from Dallas’ historic Freedman’s Cemetery, a site honoring some of the city’s earliest Black ...
Professor Clarence Glover sits in front of a representation of a grave and the display of names of people buried at Freedman's Cemetery during Facing the Rising Sun exhibition, on Saturday, Jan. 31, ...
The Freedman’s Cemetery Memorial, a Dallas historical landmark and burial site for the city’s African American population, was reportedly vandalized last week, community leaders and city officials ...