Overgrown and Overlooked: The Neglected Black Cemetery, Birmingham Al.

Hey Y'all,
This video is a bit different but I went to the cemetery where my dad is buried and the state remains just as appalling as when I visited the first time several years ago. Please watch till the end, I have an important question that I would like to hear your thoughts on.
Shadowlawn Memorial , Birmingham Alabama

[@professlch6347]

Love this content; thank you. Especially loved how you ended it. A perfect closer.

[@malikahonthemove]

Thank you for watching 😊🦋

[@deebree5005]

Hey Malikah. There's some here in Atlanta also. It's so sad.

[@malikahonthemove]

Wow. They speak volumes as to history.

[@bellacraine1974]

I agree with you, Malika. I don't even want them wasting money on a casket that will be covered in dirt. Wherever I live when I die, wrap me in a white sheet and bury me. Let my remains fertilize the earth, a plant, or a tree. Don't waste money on a funeral for me. Let everyone just remember me as they see fit. Seriously.....

[@malikahonthemove]

Amen sis!

[@LESHAUNWILL]

Hey Girl very interesting video I think if the yards are going to be there they can at least have the grounds kept up for the families who like to visit. But as for me I told my family to cremate me because like you said my energy is gone and what’s left is a vessel, not me. My spirit is gone. But it’s disrespectful especially for those who fought for this country to have been shuffled elsewhere due to race 😢

[@malikahonthemove]

Absolutely on all your points! Even in life(allowed to go to black hospitals only) and death, black people were so denied here in the South and so many areas of this country.

[@billdadrill]

Yes I saw some neglected grave in Atlanta too many years ago.

[@malikahonthemove]

I believe that they are all over the country but especially the southern states.

[@cindyk3076]

Wow, what a shame that the cemetery isn't better maintained. I've never heard of a private cemetery before. Hubby and I will be cremated, we have a niche in a building already so our kids don't have to deal with that. Cemeteries are for the living, not the dead, so that they can visit if they ever want to, the way that funerals are for the living. My husband's family goes to the cemetery two to three times a year, my family never went that I can remember. I like how it is done in Mexico, a once a year remembrance of family who have passed with or without the cemetery visit. Because some families want to visit, it would be nice if that cemetery was taken care of.

[@malikahonthemove]

I think investors and often funeral homes will own different cemeteries as opposed to the city. If owners don’t care or go bankrupt then things go downhill.

[@angiemo0724]

Personally, I don't like the high costs involved in traditional funerals/burials, but visiting graves with the kids/grands while sharing family history is pretty cool. Negligence with the upkeep is a disgrace. This seems to be a common theme at graveyards for people of color where I live as well. Thanks for sharing this topic. 😊

[@malikahonthemove]

You’re welcome. Funerals are for the living and sadly for profit !

[@LifewithTinaMarie]

It's infuriating! Alabama should be paying to keep up this historical site. To me this is not about individual view points but rather about how we value our history. It is way past time for the United States of America to reconcile her racist past. Maintaining this cemetery is part of that reconciliation.

[@LifewithTinaMarie]

Also, as always this video makes me think. I value that so much.

[@malikahonthemove]

The same could be said for many states in the country where the problem of neglected black cemeteries are almost a given not a one or two off. Every human being deserves respect not only in life but in death as well!