{"id":1340,"date":"2024-01-13T18:07:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T18:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/13\/black-bodies-are-not-for-sale-the-battle-over-an-african-american-cemetery\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T18:07:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T18:07:24","slug":"black-bodies-are-not-for-sale-the-battle-over-an-african-american-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/13\/black-bodies-are-not-for-sale-the-battle-over-an-african-american-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Black bodies are not for sale\u2019: the battle over an African American cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Activists fight to stop further development on historic Maryland burial site beneath an apartment complex<\/p>\n<p>For 63-year-old Nanette Hunter, the fight over the Moses Macedonia African cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland, is a personal one.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter is a direct descendant of people interred in the Maryland cemetery, a burial site used for formerly enslaved people. The site itself is buried by an apartment complex and parking lot and is embroiled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/jan\/08\/maryland-apartment-african-american-cemetery-lawsuit\">a legal battle<\/a> that could have national implications.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/jan\/13\/protest-black-cemetery-sale-developer-lawsuit-maryland\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activists fight to stop further development on historic Maryland burial site beneath an apartment complex For 63-year-old Nanette Hunter, the fight over the Moses Macedonia African cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland, is a personal one. Hunter is a direct descendant of people interred in the Maryland cemetery, a burial site used for formerly enslaved people. The &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018Black bodies are not for sale\u2019: the battle over an African American cemetery\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/13\/black-bodies-are-not-for-sale-the-battle-over-an-african-american-cemetery\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Black bodies are not for sale\u2019: the battle over an African American cemetery\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}