Visiting Black neighbors in Mount Hope Cemetery

Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, has been an unsegregated cemetery since it opened in 1837 and if you know what to look for, gives a full overview of the city's history through its famous and lesser-known neighbors. It is the final resting place of Frederick and Anna Douglass's family, Austin Steward's children, Rev. Thomas James, and others of the early 1800s into the 1900s.

Local Author Rose O'Keefe used information from "Beyond These Gates: Mountains of Hope in Rochester's African-American History" by Marilyn Nolte and Verdis Robinson (2018) and her own research to share a fresh look at Black Neighbors in Mount Hope Cemetery.

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