The Citizenship Project
Last Rites: Saving Tennessee's Black Cemeteries Promo
Preview: Episode 9 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Last Rites focuses on efforts to preserve Tennessee's African American Cemeteries.
In Tennessee, African American cemeteries have played an integral role in our history. However, despite their historical importance, many of them are suffering from neglect, vandalism, encroachment, and even erasure due to urban expansion. NPT's original production Last Rites: Saving Tennessee's Black Cemeteries focuses on efforts protect these sacred spaces.
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The Citizenship Project is a local public television program presented by WNPT
NPT’s The Citizenship Project is made possible by the support of Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area and the First Tennessee Foundation.
The Citizenship Project
Last Rites: Saving Tennessee's Black Cemeteries Promo
Preview: Episode 9 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
In Tennessee, African American cemeteries have played an integral role in our history. However, despite their historical importance, many of them are suffering from neglect, vandalism, encroachment, and even erasure due to urban expansion. NPT's original production Last Rites: Saving Tennessee's Black Cemeteries focuses on efforts protect these sacred spaces.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Narrator] There's nothing worse than being denied the decency of a proper burial.
- [Narrator 2] At the end of the Civil War, they were finally given an opportunity to bury their loved ones with dignity and respect.
- [Announcer] Join us as we explore efforts to preserve these hallowed grounds.
Last Rites, Saving Tennessee's Black Cemeteries.
(soft gospel music)
The Citizenship Project is a local public television program presented by WNPT
NPT’s The Citizenship Project is made possible by the support of Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area and the First Tennessee Foundation.