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A place for memory : Baltimore's historic Laurel Cemetery /

"This book highlights and historicizes underexplored and forgotten people and events associated with Laurel Cemetery (1852-1957)--the first non-denominational African American cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland--stressing the importance of their work in laying the social, economic, and political f...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shearn, Isaac, 1982- (Editor), Klugh, Elgin, 1973- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
Subjects:
Laurel Cemetery (Baltimore, Md.) > History.
Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project.
African American cemeteries > Maryland > Baltimore.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Maryland > Baltimore.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Maryland > Baltimore.
Community archaeology > Maryland > Baltimore.
African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > History.
Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations > History.
Baltimore (Md.) > Antiquities.
African American cemeteries.
African Americans.
Antiquities.
Community archaeology.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology)
Race relations.
Maryland > Baltimore.
History.
Description
Summary:"This book highlights and historicizes underexplored and forgotten people and events associated with Laurel Cemetery (1852-1957)--the first non-denominational African American cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland--stressing the importance of their work in laying the social, economic, and political foundation for Baltimore's African American community"--
Physical Description:xvi, 204 pages illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781538156131
153815613X