Name: Controversy Over Former Black Cemetery Uncovers History of Forgotten Community
Uploaded: 2017-05-05 12:20:00Z
Duration: 3 min 17 s
Channel: VOA
Description: A multimillion-dollar development project outside Washington has been put on hold pending an archaeological investigation to determine if the project is being built on top of a historically significant century-old black cemetery. VOA's Chris Simkins reports from Bethesda, Maryland, that a fight over the site has uncovered the history of a mostly forgotten African American community.

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