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History lives inside the ‘Colored People Cemetery’

Tour covers largest African-American cemetery in Bulloch

With morning light streaming through red stained glass windows, Soloman Smart listens to a brief history of Thomas Grove Missionary Baptist Church before participating in a tour of the old "Colored People Cemetery," now known as A.C. Dunlap Memorial Cemetery, on Saturday, Feb. 15. Smart's grandmother is buried in the cemetery.

tour — With morning light streaming through red stained glass windows, Soloman Smart listens to a brief history of Thomas Grove Missionary Baptist Church before participating in a tour of the old "Colored People Cemetery," now known as A.C. Dunlap Memorial Cemetery, on Saturday, Feb. 15. Smart's grandmother is buried in the cemetery.

A huge part of Statesboro and Bulloch County’s rich history is in disarray and undocumented, but a group of people, spearheaded by Drs. Alvin and Gayle Jackson, hope to change that, one cemetery at a time.

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