In the Cheltenham area of Prince George’s County, through trees and brush and with not much to mark it, there is a spot where more than 200 Black youth were buried.
The few headstones that exist are weather-worn. Other spots are marked with just moss-covered cinderblocks. Many of the dead were buried without any grave markers at all.
After 100 years spent mostly forgotten, the cemetery for Black boys is gaining attention, and some Maryland leaders are moving to recognize the children and their graves…