Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition will hold a rally outside the Maryland Court of Appeals at 361 Rowe Boulevard in Annapolis this Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 8:00 AM. The state's highest court will be hearing an appeal by the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission of the decision by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Karla Smith that blocked the agency's sale of the Westwood Tower property to development firm Charger Ventures. Smith issued the injunction after agreeing that HOC had failed to properly notify descendants of those buried in the Moses African Cemetery, which is hidden under the Westwood Tower property after being desecrated by construction workers in the late 1960s, of the sale.
"Black bodies are not for sale," BACC said in a press release announcing the rally. It said the appeals court will "decide whether black bodies can sold to developers without permission from families." The case is Dr. Abiose Adebayo v. Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County.
4 comments:
Once again, no mention that the original owners of the cemetery sold their land and apparently did not relocated the graves before doing so. Who is really at fault here? Certainly any graves discovered during excavation should be respectfully moved, but at the expense of the original land owners.
Why is everyone so eager to blame the current land owners. This was a pre-existing condition.
Unless it is California where they are approving the composting of the remains of people, Black bodies as well as those of White, Asian-Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Americans.
@7:41 AM - Did you intentionally leave your comment hanging, or lose your train of thought?
Agree with 7:32am. The original owner was a Black benevolent society. The blame should be with them for selling what is apparently such an important site.
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