JHU students in the community-engaged course Researching the Africana Archive: Black Cemetery Stories (AS.389.314), with instructor Gabrielle Dean, and in partnership with research professionals and scholars, the Mount Auburn Cemetery, the Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project, and with students in nearby universities (Morgan State and Coppin State), have teamed up to collectively research and share stories that further the interests of these important and vulnerable sites, addressing the historic role of the African American cemetery and it’s current issues.
You can read more at:
The Hub
JHU Arts & Sciences Magazine
Resurrecting Mount Auburn Cemetery
Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project
AFRO News
Mourning in Baltimore
Black Cemetery Stories is supported by the Program in Museums and Society, Inheritance Baltimore, and the Center for Social Concern.
