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CommodityBuyer t1_izn6kbc wrote

Reply to comment by shanafme in Pennsylvania Approves 36 New Historical Markers to be Located in 18 Counties by IamSauerKraut

It says this was a cemetery only for blacks from early 19th century (that is the 1800’s) until late 20th century (the 1900’s) which is when the civil rights movement happened. Then blacks could be buried in any cemetery, not just this one.

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shanafme t1_izni9nd wrote

The Civil Rights Movement happened in the 1950s and 60s. I wouldn’t consider that “late 20th century”. Regardless, it would still be odd that a northern community would be legally segregating public cemeteries even up to that point.

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Lyad t1_izod36f wrote

There’s often a bureaucratic delay after social movements… I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that 10 years passed before a law or process actually changed—but to your point, it’s hard to imagine such blatant segregation happening so recently.

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