Cemeteries as more than final resting places: how the history of exclusion and racism in the US continues to haunt African Americans after death

Along with four ECU Anthropology faculty (Ryan Schacht, Cindy A. Grace-McCaskey, Charlie Ewen, and Eric Bailey), I'll be directing the Public History component of this NEH project focused on an historic African-American cemetery in Ayden, NC.East Carolina UniversityOutright: $149,811 [Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research]Project Director: Ryan Schacht ProjectTitle:Cemeteries as More than Final Resting Places: How Exclusion and Racism Continues to Haunt African Americans After DeathProjectDescription: Archeological and ethnographic research in North Carolina assessing patterns of the abandonment of African-American cemeteries, resulting in public programming and scholarly articles.
Three years of funding (June 1, 2021 - May 31, 2024).https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/NEH%20grant%20awards%20April%202021%20state%20by%20state.pdf

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