Greenwood Cemetery

Greenwood Cemetery has been through a major transformation in recent years. This week, the historic Black cemetery is celebrating its 150th anniversary and a renewed push to restore and preserve its grounds.

Three St. Louis-area locations have been added to the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom for their connections to enslaved people.

Greenwood Cemetery, a historically Black cemetery in Hillsdale, is the subject of a documentary set to be released later this fall. St. Louis filmmaker LaCreshia Griffin-Pope talks about her documentary, her personal connection to the cemetery and the history of the site.

Established in 1920, Washington Park Cemetery in Berkeley served as a for-profit burial place for African Americans. Before it stopped operating in the…

The St. Louis County Library will explore the disappearance of African-American sites in the region at a presentation tonight.The panel discussion is the…

The caretakers of one of the oldest black cemeteries in St. Louis are hoping to get 300 people to converge on the property in North County tomorrow to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 20, 2012 - Aaron Pritchard’s hobby might seem odd to some. He tracks down the burial sites of…