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“Decades of Black history were lost in an overgrown Pennsylvania cemetery until volunteers unearthed more than 800 headstones,” Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN

“Network to Preserve African American Burial Grounds in the Works,” August 31, 2022–Kimberly Haas, Hidden City

“Efforts to Preserve Pennsylvania’s African American Cemeteries Gets Boost,” July 21, 2022–Alexa Mencia, Axios

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“Pennsylvania to Receive Money to Preserve Black Cemeteries,” July 19, 2021–Associated Press, WITF

“Why Protecting Black Cemeteries Is Integral to Preserving American History,” April 19, 2022–Shayla Martin, Veranda

“In Central PA., Historic Black Cemeteries Often Lay Hidden. These Groups Work to Ensure They’re Not Forgotten.” November 11, 2021–Gabriel Martinez, WITF

“The Fight to Save America’s Historic Black Cemeteries,” August 19, 2020–Austyn Gaffney, National Geographic

“Pennsylvania’s Forgotten African American Cemeteries are Getting Their Historical Due,” December 4, 2018–Associated Press, Philly.com (note: may hit a pay wall for this article)

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“Caring for African American Cemeteries with PA Hallowed Grounds,” September 12, 2018–Barbara Barksdale and Shelby Splain, Pennsylvania Historic Preservation

“Perpetual Neglect: The Preservation Crisis of African-American Cemeteries,” May 2017–Zach Mortice, Places Journal

“Pennsylvania’s Hallowed Grounds: A Role for Historic Preservation,” November 6, 2015–Brenda Barrett, [email protected], National Council for Public History

“Black Deaths Matter,” October 15, 2015–Seth Freed Wessler, The Nation