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A nonprofit in upstate New York is reclaiming a centuries-old cemetery for enslaved people

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — In a residential neighborhood in upstate New York, college students this summer dug and sifted through the dirt in their backyard as part of an archaeological exploration of a centuries-old African American burial ground. Now covered in green grass in the city of Kingston, it was part of a cemetery for… Read More »