History’s Noël Voltz discusses loss of numerous African American cemeteries across rural Ohio

A long-forgotten Black cemetery in northwest Ohio is finally getting recognized

ideastreamNoël Voltz, assistant professor of history at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the countless African American cemeteries across rural Ohio that have been lost. “We’re talking about hundreds of Black people,” Voltz said. “They’re buried somewhere. But many of them will have been destroyed, unfortunately, because they weren’t valued.”