HALLOWED EARTH.

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  • Author(s): Couric, Katie
  • Source:
    National Geographic. Apr2018 Special Issue, p145-151. 7p. 5 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SOILS; AFRICAN Americans; SLAVERY; RACISM; PREJUDICES
    • Abstract:
      The article offers information on the soil in the jars which symbolizes the lives of many African Americans who never had a proper burial and who met unspeakably violent deaths for serious offenses agains the Whites. It mentions how the soil becomes a powerful way of talking about history. It states the opening of a new memorial together with a museum which will trace parts of the African American experience, from slavery to mass incarceration.