Here are another couple of links about a proposal to build a school over what some say is a former slave cemetery, from the
NBC affiliate and the
Raleigh News & Observer, the latter of which includes news that a citizens advisory board is backing a rezoning effort to make it easier for the school to be built. It also says that cemetery preservationists are critical of the work done by a consultant that examining the site, and that they also think Native Americans are buried there.
For those who would like to judge the issue for themselves, our report on the cemetery is available at http://www.chicora.org/pdfs/RC504.pdf.
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