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David B. Parker, Professor of History, Kennesaw State University

How Black Americans combated racism from beyond the grave

The addition of a simple 'Mr.' or 'Mrs.' could be a quiet act of resistance. Rae Tucker/Find a Grave

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently published a story about a Black cemetery in Buckhead, a prosperous Atlanta community.

The cemetery broke ground almost two centuries ago, in 1826, as the graveyard of Piney Grove Baptist Church. The church has been gone for decades; the cemetery now sits on the property of a townhouse development. It is overgrown, with most of its 300-plus graves unmarked.

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