Volunteers Observe Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday by Cleaning Historic Black Cemetery
Cassie Whitley is the great-granddaughter of James Alonzo Champion. She said her relatives bought the land in the late 1800s as a family cemetery on one side and a community cemetery on the other.
“We are so proud to get everything cleaned because the people that we did have cleaning the cemetery have passed, so we don't have a lot of people to come and help,” said Cassie Whitley, volunteer. The organizer of the event, Jackie Shaw, received a call asking about the cemetery last holiday season.Sign up for NBC DFW newsletters“I’ve like, been here for 27 years. What African American cemetery are you talking about,” said Shaw, the Social Justice Minister Lead for Westside Baptist Church.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
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