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Hella_Fitzgerald

@diggiesmalls.blacksky.app

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I'm an anthropologist currently at historic Olivewood Cemetery, which is Houston's oldest remaining African American cemetery. Established in 1875, more than 1/4 of the population at rest were enslaved.

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Hella_Fitzgerald @diggiesmalls.blacksky.app · 03/03/2026

We still have work to do, but Olivewood Cemetery is thriving and we're so excited to keep building networks of support communities so Olivewood will never be lost again.

A serene cemetery with a surrounding fence and a lush grassy field, dotted with gravestones. The sky is the brightest blue that is almost turquoise without a cloud in sight. Some of the trees in the backgeound are at the end of their life cycle and do not have any leaves. This area of the cemetery is called Founders Row because this is where most of the initial shareholders were laid to rest. Families like the Bakers (angel monument) and the Vances (large obelisk) were some of the formerly enslaved African Americans that helped shaped Houston's black culture and neighborhoods.

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Hella_Fitzgerald @diggiesmalls.blacksky.app · 03/03/2026

I am part of a group that restores headstones in Houston's oldest remaining African American cemetery-Olivewood Cemetery. Our board, Descendants of Olivewood, is all volunteer. And we just celebrated Olivewood's 150th!