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Tag: Moses African Cemetery

Protesters march in Takoma Park on July 10 to condemn construction of a storage facility on the Moses African Cemetery in Bethesda. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

MoCo Executive, Others Counter Grave Desecration Claims

by Sam P.K. Collins July 15, 2020December 21, 2021

The activists railing against the construction of a storage facility on River Road contend that the situation affirms Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich’s ambivalence toward what’s known as Moses African Cemetery.

Posted inLifestyle

Protesters Decry Construction on Hallowed African Burial Site

by Sam P.K. Collins July 8, 2020December 21, 2021
King Toffa IX of Porto-Novo in Benin at Macedonia Baptist Church in Bethesda, Maryland (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience

King Toffa IX of Porto-Novo, Benin, Visits Macedonia Baptist Church

by Sam P.K. Collins October 16, 2019December 21, 2021
**FILE** A protest held Nov. 1, 2017, pending the desecration of Bethesda African Cemetery at Housing Opportunities Commission in Kensington, Md. The Housing Opportunities Commission, along with developer Regency Centers. The cemetery is the final resting place of members of River Road’s once thriving African American community, dating back to the first generation of freed enslaved persons. (Courtesy of HOC)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

ADEBAYO: An Open Letter to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich

by WI Guest Author July 2, 2019December 21, 2021
**FILE** A protest held Nov. 1, 2017, pending the desecration of Bethesda African Cemetery at Housing Opportunities Commission in Kensington, Md. The Housing Opportunities Commission, along with developer Regency Centers. The cemetery is the final resting place of members of River Road’s once thriving African American community, dating back to the first generation of freed enslaved persons. (Courtesy of HOC)
Posted inCommunity

HOC Announces Partnership in Decision about Burial Ground

by Sam P.K. Collins February 13, 2019October 31, 2020
Ben Kramer
Posted inCommunity

Lawmaker Demands Accountability for MoCo Housing Agency

by Sam P.K. Collins January 23, 2019October 31, 2020

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