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Watch footage from the 2019 Laurel Cemetery Project Symposium, featuring historical research, archaeological findings, and efforts to preserve Baltimore’s African-American cemetery.

Explore the history of Laurel Cemetery, Baltimore’s historic African American burial ground established in 1852, with Dr. Isaac Shearn. Learn how the cemetery became a shopping center and efforts to preserve its legacy.

Explore the history of Laurel Cemetery, Baltimore’s first non-denominational African American burial ground, established in 1852. Dr. Elgin Klugh discusses the cemetery’s past and ongoing preservation efforts in Baltimore’s *Five Minute Histories* series.