Georgetown University’s Center for Youth Justice is joining Prince George’s County, Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus, and the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services in their efforts to honor the 200+ Black lives buried in a recently discovered abandoned grave site.
The Forgotten Children Initiative says it is committed to “honoring the memory of incarcerated youth buried in abandoned and lost burial grounds throughout the United States.”
“It’s a really sad and tragic part of our history that really hasn’t been told. It’s a missing piece of history that should be known,” Marc Schindler, an attorney and policy expert leading the initiative, told The Washington Post. “My hope is that Georgetown will be a resource for states and jurisdictions that have these types of burial sites in their location, and want to learn more and start to do the right thing by way of restoring and memorializing these places.”…