BLACK DEATHS MATTER.

The article discusses the lack of maintenance of many U.S. cemeteries with the bodies of mainly African Americans. Topics include the disrepair and financial problems of Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale, Missouri, the history of racial segregation in St. Louis, Missouri area cemeteries, and the use of endowments to fund the maintenance of white cemeteries. The restoration of Greenwood Cemetery by volunteers is noted in contrast to public funding of the maintenance of Confederate soldiers' graves.