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South-View Cemetery is a historic African-American-founded cemetery located approximately 15 minutes from downtown Atlanta, Georgia. An active operational cemetery on over 100 acres of land, it is the oldest African-American cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia and the oldest African-American “non eleemosynary” corporation in the country ...
Learn how former slaves and their descendants founded South-View Cemetery in 1886 as a dignified burial place for their loved ones. Discover the notable African Americans who are buried at South-View, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Benjamin Mays.
Learn about the history and significance of South-View Cemetery, the oldest African American controlled burial ground in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1886 by six former slaves and their allies, it is a place of dignity, beauty, and community for over 80,000 people.
Southview Cemetery is a cemetery in Augusta, Georgia in an area known as "The Avenues". The area became a 15-acre-wide (6.1 ha) cemetery in the 1910s. [1] History. As other cemeteries were at maximum capacity, and were being closed by the city, [2] the need of more space for burials was desperately needed.
31 de jul. de 2020 · Channel 2′s Justin Farmer talked to the president of South-View Cemetery in southeast Atlanta, which was established in 1886 and is the final resting place of over 80,000 African Americans ...
Sunday : 9:00am - 5:00pm. Map View. South-View Cemetery was founded in 1886 by formerly enslaved African Americans who protested the treatment they received at Atlanta's segregated cemeteries. Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and his wife Alberta Williams King are interred in a marble crypt at South-View.
WELCOME. South-View Cemetery, centrally located about 15 minutes from downtown Atlanta, was founded in 1886 under the premise that a dignified burial place should be available for all. From its inception, these hallowed grounds have carried no restriction as to race, creed or religious affiliation, as did many southern cemeteries operating ...
