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View ArticleEnvironmental Concerns
Activists fight for African cemetery, protest alleged environmental impacts
View Article11/1/2021 Press Release
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View ArticleWinning Back Stolen Land: A Reason for Hope
By Lisa Moore A recent land-transfer victory in Manhattan Beach, California, offers a spark of hope for the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition (BACC) and all those working to save the Moses Cemetery,...
View ArticleRelationship: It’s Complicated.
Reflections on the changing relationship between the leaders of Macedonia Baptist Church in Bethesda and the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation From David Ward’s conversations with Rev....
View ArticleLiving History
Fighting to sanctify sacred ground By Tim Willard The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition (BACC) has been seeking sanctification of a historic African American burial ground that dates from the days...
View ArticleThe Brightness of a Cemetery
My experience in joining the BACC. By Kaleab Eshete I first heard of BACC a year ago. I was nearing the end of my junior year in high school and was cautiously looking for internships that I could...
View ArticleThe History of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition
By Kaleab Eshete The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition (BACC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2016 through the Macedonia Baptist Church. Made up of volunteers, activists, community groups...
View ArticleCandidates for County Executive
By Elizabeth Dorokhina BACC is a 501c3 non-profit organization and does not endorse political candidates. The candidates for county executive competing for the upcoming primary in June have not...
View ArticleLending Her Voice
How artist-activist Dr. Karen Wilson-Ama Echefu uplifts the cause through song By Lisa Moore Imagine the elemental power of a rumbling volcano, the rush of a swift river or the sweep of potent wind...
View ArticleColonization, Black Bodies and Death
By Peter Volkov “The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country, he clearly indicates that he himself is the extension...
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