ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – During Black History Month, WFXR is sharing stories in our community honoring Black history.
In Roanoke, one group is working to revitalize a historically Black cemetery, decades after the people there were laid to rest.
Old Lick Cemetery is located next to Orange Avenue in Roanoke. It’s where hundreds of Black people were laid to rest between the 1890s and 1940s. Many of them were members of First Baptist Church in Gainsboro…