{"id":1965,"date":"2018-02-01T19:44:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T00:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/sal\/?page_id=1965"},"modified":"2019-04-19T09:29:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T13:29:57","slug":"east-end-cemetery-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/sal-sandbox\/east-end-cemetery-project\/","title":{"rendered":"East End Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"markzspb4u7wq\" data-markjs=\"true\">East<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markloa6r70fu\" data-markjs=\"true\">End<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markucpjs9dr2\" data-markjs=\"true\">Cemetery<\/span>\u00a0in Henrico County was founded in 1897 by black Richmonders who were\u00a0excluded from cemeteries that were established for the white population, such as Hollywood. As\u00a0with other African American\u00a0burial grounds of the period, plots were maintained primarily by\u00a0families. However, the weight of Jim Crow\u2019s racially discriminatory policies, the lack of public\u00a0investment, and the displacement of many African American\u00a0communities took a heavy toll on\u00a0<span class=\"markzspb4u7wq\" data-markjs=\"true\">East<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markloa6r70fu\" data-markjs=\"true\">End<\/span>. By the 1970s, it was almost completely overgrown, and at some point the paper burial\u00a0records were lost.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2013, volunteers have been working to clear vegetation, uncover grave markers, and\u00a0piece together the history of the community at rest in the\u00a0<span class=\"markucpjs9dr2\" data-markjs=\"true\">cemetery<\/span>. The challenge of\u00a0<span class=\"markucpjs9dr2\" data-markjs=\"true\">cemetery<\/span>\u00a0maintenance persists, with about half\u00a0of the\u00a0<span class=\"markucpjs9dr2\" data-markjs=\"true\">cemetery<\/span>\u00a0still to be uncovered and documented,\u00a0despite more than five years of steady efforts by volunteers. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.richmond.edu\/features\/article\/-\/14916\/east-end-cemetery-collaboratory--ur-and-vcu-deepen-connections-to-historic-african-american-cemetery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><span class=\"markzspb4u7wq\" data-markjs=\"true\">East<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markloa6r70fu\" data-markjs=\"true\">End<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markucpjs9dr2\" data-markjs=\"true\">Cemetery<\/span>\u00a0Collaboratory<\/a>\u00a0has brought together\u00a0spatial mapping efforts initiated by UR Biology and the Spatial Analysis Lab with historical and\u00a0sociological efforts in over nine classes at UR and VCU. The goal of the Collaboratory is to enrich community-based learning experiences for students\u00a0while contributing to a shared mission\u00a0to reclaim and restore the\u00a0<span class=\"markucpjs9dr2\" data-markjs=\"true\">cemetery<\/span>\u00a0grounds, to\u00a0curate and document this\u00a0outdoor archive of African American history and culture in\u00a0Richmond, and to produce place-based knowledge that contributes to a community\u00a0dialogue about our collective past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One of the initial efforts by the Collaboratory was the large-scale collection\u00a0of GPS coordinates as part of student engagement with the\u00a0<span class=\"markucpjs9dr2\" data-markjs=\"true\">cemetery<\/span>. 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