His uncle is buried in a long-neglected Black cemetery. Soon, he could lay flowers on the grave.

YPSILANTI TWP., MI — Some years back, Randall Luten picked up his late cousin in Inkster and took her to Woodlawn Cemetery in Ypsilanti Township

“This is where your daddy is buried,” Luten, 77, a resident of the township, told her.

But the historic Black cemetery, the only one known in Washtenaw County, had been unmaintained since 1965. Trees and vegetation grew up. Many gravestones were buried…

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