A group of community organizations will join forces to clean up one of the oldest African-American cemeteries in Tarrant County this month, and you can help.
Mason Thompson, founder of Soul of Fort Worth: Black History Tours, said he learned about the cemetery earlier this year and, when he visited, saw trash and broken tombstones. Historical African-American figures are buried in the cemetery, such as Dr. Riley Andrew Ransom, one of the first African American doctors in Fort Worth, Thompson said.
“I just think with people like that, who have done a lot for us, so that we can be here today, should at least be taken care of,” Thompson said. “We definitely stand on the shoulders of giants, and we wouldn’t be where we are today without those figures.”…