Local historians highlight the work of the Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project, call for memorial to recognize razed Black cemetery
By Bianca Crawley, Special to the AFRO Baltimore’s historic Laurel Cemetery was once an illustrious, privately owned cemetery. It was held near and dear by members of the Black community, as it was one of the few honorable burial sites where Black people could be laid to peaceful rest in Baltimore. Incorporated in 1852, just