River Road Construction Site Places Two Black Communities at Odds

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River Road Construction Site Places Two Black Communities at Odds

Protests near the construction of a storage facility on River Road in Bethesda, Maryland have, once again, brought attention to the burial site that members of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition (BACC) said holds the remains of descendants of the historically Black River Road community, including enslaved Africans. As BACC continues its fight for a …

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