Nothing gets me ready for Halloween like a cemetery stroll. Especially one through 48 acres of the oldest cemetery in Atlanta, Historic Oakland Cemetery.

In the last six years, the Historic Oakland Foundation — with help from the city of Atlanta — raised over $600,000 to give over 12,000 headstones in the cemetery a much-needed rejuvenation.

ATLANTA - Historic Oakland Cemetery will be closed to the public for the entire month of January 2024. The closure aims to facilitate crucial paving and infrastructure projects, temporarily ...

For Illumine, Historic Oakland Cemetery becomes a canvas. Lights illuminate the storied graves, strategically placed lighted sculptures draw the eyes up, and videos project on to mausoleums and ...

At Oakland Cemetery, spaces like the recently restored African American Burial Grounds and Slave Square serve as a physical record of Atlanta’s rich Black heritage.

People gathered at two events at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland Saturday to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre.

Fired security guard says Atlanta councilwoman had no right to touch him A former Atlanta security guard said he lost his job after an altercation at Oakland Cemetery involving Atlanta City ...

Atlanta city leaders broke ground Tuesday on a new visitor center that will be constructed at the historic Oakland Cemetery.

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Dr. D.L. Henderson researches the Black decedents buried in the historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, where despite being the final resting place for about 12,000 Black Atlantans, there has been ...