Mineola Black Cemetery Fence Removal by Sarah A. Miller
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A crowd watches as men from Mineola Public Works work to remove the fence between the segregated Black burial area at Cedars Memorial Gardens Cemetery, formerly Mineola City Cemetery, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Mineola. The City of Mineola created a public event for people to come watch the historic removal of the fence by Mineola Public Works. A flier touted the event as: “Removing a fence that separates us. Two cemetery associations working together to remove a boundary and unite our community.” The two cemetery organizations working together on the fence removal project are Cedars Memorial Garden Association (formally Mineola Cemetery) and City of Mineola Cemetery Association.
Audrey Turman and Ida Ogueri watch as men from Mineola Public Works work to remove the fence between the segregated Black burial area at Cedars Memorial Gardens Cemetery, formerly Mineola City Cemetery, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Mineola. Turman’s husband, grandparents and siblings are buried in the African American section of the cemetery.
Audrey Turman watches as men from Mineola Public Works work to remove the fence between the segregated Black burial area at Cedars Memorial Gardens Cemetery, formerly Mineola City Cemetery, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Mineola. Turman’s husband, grandparents and siblings are buried in the African American section of the cemetery.
Latrecia James of Mineola takes a photo as she watches the fence between the segregated Black section of the cemetery be removed at Cedars Memorial Garden Association in Mineola on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. James’s grandmother and other relatives are buried there.
Members of the two cemetery organizations working together on the fence removal project, Cedars Memorial Garden Association (formally Mineola Cemetery) and City of Mineola Cemetery Association, come together for a group photo on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, as the fence segregating the Black cemetery is taken down.
Shirley Bryant Roberson, 77, visits her parents’ grave site as the fence is removed between the segregated Black burial area at Cedars Memorial Gardens Cemetery, formerly Mineola City Cemetery, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Mineola. The City of Mineola created a public event for people to come watch the historic removal of the fence by Mineola Public Works. A flier touted the event as: “Removing a fence that separates us. Two cemetery associations working together to remove a boundary and unite our community.” Roberson’s parents Samuel and Emma Bryant and her infant brother Roland are buried at the cemetery. The two cemetery organizations working together on the fence removal project are Cedars Memorial Garden Association (formally Mineola Cemetery) and City of Mineola Cemetery Association.
Mark Hooks, Skipper Hortman and JC Brown of Mineola Public Works work to remove the fence between the segregated Black burial area at Cedars Memorial Gardens Cemetery, formerly Mineola City Cemetery, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Mineola. The City of Mineola created a public event for people to come watch the historic removal of the fence by Mineola Public Works. A flier touted the event as: “Removing a fence that separates us.
JC Brown, Skipper Hortman and Mark Hooks of Mineola Public Works work to remove the fence between the segregated Black burial area at Cedars Memorial Gardens Cemetery, formerly Mineola City Cemetery, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Mineola. The City of Mineola created a public event for people to come watch the historic removal of the fence by Mineola Public Works. A flier touted the event as: “Removing a fence that separates us. Two cemetery associations working together to remove a boundary and unite our community.” The two cemetery organizations working together on the fence removal project are Cedars Memorial Garden Association (formally Mineola Cemetery) and City of Mineola Cemetery Association.
Journalists and members of the public record videos as Skipper Hortman, Mark Hooks, and JC Brown of Mineola Public Works work to remove the fence between the segregated Black burial area at Cedars Memorial Gardens Cemetery, formerly Mineola City Cemetery, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Mineola. The City of Mineola created a public event for people to come watch the historic removal of the fence by Mineola Public Works. A flier touted the event as: “Removing a fence that separates us.
Skipper Hortman of Mineola Public Works cuts through the fence between the segregated Black burial area at Cedars Memorial Gardens Cemetery, formerly Mineola City Cemetery, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Mineola. The City of Mineola created a public event for people to come watch the historic removal of the fence by Mineola Public Works. A flier touted the event as: “Removing a fence that separates us. Two cemetery associations working together to remove a boundary and unite our community.” The two cemetery organizations working together on the fence removal project are Cedars Memorial Garden Association (formally Mineola Cemetery) and City of Mineola Cemetery Association.