Perhaps nowhere is the lost history of Gainesville’s African-American community more obvious than in the 1,148 unmarked graves recently identified at the Alta Vista cemetery. “At one time, you were not as welcome,” Councilwoman Barbara Brooks said, as if speaking directly to the dead, while visiting the cemetery on Friday morning. “But now you are.”
Unmarked African-American graves are lost in time
More than 1,100 found in area at Alta Vista Cemetery set aside for blacks