An Afrocentric History of Gravestones, Epitaphs, and Symbols at Oakland and South-View Cemeteries

Join historian and author Dr. D L Henderson to explore the gravestones, epitaphs, and symbols in Oakland’s historic African American burial grounds and South-View’s oldest historic section.

This presentation willl illustrate and interpret a variety of 19th and early 20th century funerary art. Vernacular, fraternal, Victorian, secular, religious, and children’s grave markers are represented in an Afrocentric context.

The tour following the presentation will also focus on gravestones—and the stories behind the stones—on the Black side of Oakland.

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