Galveston Historical Foundation

Rosewood Cemetery and Notable Interments – Foundation Conversations

1859 Ashton Villa 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, United States

Rosewood Cemetery, Galveston’s first burial ground designated exclusively for African Americans, is the latest area site to be listed on the National Park Service's Register of Historic Places. Established in 1911 by a group of African American citizens who organized themselves as the Rosewood Cemetery Association, the association purchased the land from the Joe Levy Family, […]

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