Tuesday, December 30, 2008
News Word: ‘He hand-dug those graves’
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Clayton County commissioners approved a developer’s request to relocate 311 graves from a historic African-American cemetery next to Jackson-Hartsfield International Airport. On Dec. 16, opponents held a press conference to criticize the decision.
"I've seen my daddy dig many graves back there. He hand-dug those graves, so I know where they are.”
— Betty Bowden, who says she has ancestors in the cemetery, in the Dec. 18 Clayton Daily News.
“Some of these developers will put cement over their mama.”
— John Evans of Operation LEAD, an anti-discrimination group, in the Dec. 16 AJC.
"The person who wants to move these graves has met the standards of the state, as well as the board…I have invited the families to monitor [the transfer of the grave sites] as it takes place.”
— Clayton Chairman Eldrin Bell in the Dec. 18 Clayton Daily News.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
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