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Nearly ‘Erased by History’: African Americans Search for Lost Graves

Por: The New York Times Nation October 17, 2022

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GROVELAND, Fla. — On a muggy summer morning, Donna Brodus Forrest stepped into an old, nearly forgotten cemetery hidden in a thicket of trees, in pursuit of a family mystery.For much of her life, Ms. Forrest had heard stories about her grandmother, Viola Brodus — a laborer who was born just a few years before the century turned, died at 41 and was buried in the Old Groveland Cemetery in 1938. Before Ms. Forrest’s father died eight years... + full article



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