Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Through powerful storytelling, a new documentary portrays how racial segregation in Wilmington followed people into their graves. ...

JACKSON — As a boy growing up in west Jackson, Larry Thurman said he used to go down to Mt. Olive Cemetery on John R. Lynch Street to play around the statue of James (Jim) Hill, a former slave who was ...

In 1906, Hattiesburg timber magnate WSF Tatum gave $100 to three employees to buy land for a cemetery. It would be a place where Tatum Lumber Co. employees — and the community — could bury their loved ...

HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) - The City of Hattiesburg is the new caretaker of a historic, but abandoned cemetery on the William Carey Parkway. In a ceremony Wednesday morning, Hattiesburg mayor Toby Barker ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A group in Montgomery County is working to preserve the history of the oldest African American cemetery in Clarksville, but the path to preservation hasn’t always been easy ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One of the oldest African American cemeteries in the mid-state was given national recognition last month when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The Leaf-Chronicle will showcase local trailblazers, intellectuals, activists and heroes in February during Black History Month. These Clarksville legends helped to tear down racial barriers during ...

A cemetery in southern Wayne County turned into a crime scene when Mount Olive police found the bodies of two people who did not belong there. A cemetery in southern Wayne County turned into a crime ...

Through powerful storytelling, a new documentary portrays how racial segregation in Wilmington followed people into their graves. "Restless Ground: The Untold Story of Mount Olive" delves into the ...