The Fight to Protect Washington, D.C.’s Historic Black Burial Grounds

BET News visits Georgetown's historic Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society cemeteries, where advocates are fighting neglect, flooding, and development to protect the resting place of more than 10,000 people. Though Congress passed the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act in 2023, funding was never released, leaving the effort to preserve these sites at risk.

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