one of Dallas's not so proud moments by Richardphotos
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A cemetery of former slaves after the Civil War was created here, but through disregard by City designers they covered nearly 1500-1700 graves with city streets and highways. Only during the reconstruction of Central Expressway they were "rediscovered" and excavated and buried in additional land that was set aside for this purpose.
Comments (11)
ead 6:46AM | Tue, 31 August 2004
Thanks for reminding us of our more than occasional inhumanity to man - at least Dallas tried to make it right. Thanks, RR.
melevos 6:55AM | Tue, 31 August 2004
Agree with ead.Excellent shot!!
gallimel 10:27AM | Tue, 31 August 2004
a picture that makes one think humbly.
cynlee 12:23PM | Tue, 31 August 2004
one of the reasons i'm going to be cremated... great presentation! :]
squeeka 3:56PM | Tue, 31 August 2004
Excellent hon! I agree with ead also :) Wonderful the way you've presented this! hugz&cuddlz~jen :)
KITCHAOS 5:03PM | Tue, 31 August 2004
Nice photo montage Richard...I do agree that at least Dallas created this in an attempt to acknowledge the gross error in the thinking behind the planning of the highway
D.C.Monteny 5:35PM | Tue, 31 August 2004
What a fantastic montage. These are facts that are unknown to us Europeans, so this is new for me. Thanks for showing this!!
logiloglu 6:28PM | Tue, 31 August 2004
excellent photography. and a great historical lesson. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!
classyladytwo 10:08AM | Wed, 01 September 2004
excellent photo, excellent story always sad to hear of things like this that has happened **
LFNForever 1:48PM | Wed, 01 September 2004
Total triple awesomeness!!! :)
alightningstorm 7:06PM | Wed, 01 September 2004
Fantastic photo montage and an excellent reminder of a past gone by but not forgotten. Hopefully one day all peoples will realize there is but one race. ~ the human race ~ and begin to live in peace.