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Love Cemetery,
Unburying the Secret History of Slaves
By
China Galland
Though
it’s set in a remote part of rural East Texas, the story of Love—a
historic black cemetery—is really a quintessential American story of
land theft, racism and environmental destruction that plays out in
different versions in New Orleans, Iraq, and Darfur. It asks whether
we can work together to create a shared future by understanding our
shared history.
Published by
HarperOne (a division of HarperCollins),
2008.
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The Latest News
Love Cemetery,
the place, is in the news. The descendant community
and others continue to be locked out.
- As a result of searing testimonies at the June 17th statewide public hearing in Austin, Texas, another hearing has just been scheduled for September 3, 2008 – this time in Marshall, a few miles from Love Cemetery. [read more]
- Access Denied by Steve Brady - News Messenger - Published June 19, 2008 - The struggle to acquire easy access to Love Cemetery took an unexpected turn Thursday afternoon. [read article]
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A PUBLIC HEARING was held in Austin, Texas, June 17, 2008, on several
cemetery lock-outs including Love Cemetery.
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What does Denzel Washington's new movie, The
Great Debaters have in common with Love Cemetery?
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Dallas
Morning News' Front Page Story on Love Cemetery
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| View a sample of the documentary-in-progress about Love Cemetery. View earlier footage [here]. |
View a video of China reading from Love Cemetery. She's joined by singer Linda Tillery and accompanist Ann Jefferson. |
Watch China's presentation at the Commonwealth Club,
San Francisco, the nation's oldest and largest public affairs
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"I guarantee that once you start, you
will not stop, and when you
are done,
you will have discovered the healing power of Love Cemetery."
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Bill Moyers,
Bill Moyers Journal
"Love Cemetery
is a moving work of immense social consciousness and spiritual power
written by a very gifted writer"
Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees
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"To create a page-turner about our collective shadow is the sweetest gift a writer can offer. May you weep, as did I, for what she discovers in these piney woods, and through this offering know your country and self in humbling new ways."
Paul Hawken, author of Blessed Unrest, How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming (Viking, May 2007)
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