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Memorial in cemetery sections containing 1,100 African-American unmarked graves dedicated Sunday
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Gainesville City Councilwoman Barbara Brooks and Mayor Danny Dunagan, right of memorial, unveil a 7-foot-tall granite monument at a Sunday dedication of a memorial garden where more than 1,100 African-Americans are buried in unmarked graves. Also pictured are Cty Councilmen Sam Couvillon, far left, and George Wangemann. - photo by Jeff Gill
Spirituals were sung, tributes given and a proclamation read as a large crowd gathered at a Gainesville cemetery Sunday to dedicate a memorial garden where more than 1,100 African-Americans are buried in unmarked graves. “It was very poignant, touching to learn more of black history,” said Diane Hutchens of Gainesville, as she walked among the graves at city-owned Alta Vista Cemetery after the ceremony.