“We recognize that in many spiritual traditions, it is said that as long as a person’s name is called out, they are not gone. “People need to know their stories, and we need to right the wrong. Not just say their names, but fill out their stories and then tell them.” - Rev. Mariama White-Hammond
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Memorial event lifts up names of once-forgotten Black women buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery - Dorchester Reporter
Last Wednesday (Sept 2.) Rita Steele and her mother, Hilarie Jackson, crammed into the Gilman Chapel at Cedar Grove Cemetery with about 100 other observers and listened closely as the names of 133 Bla...