High School students clean historic headstones for Black Veterans
Local civil rights leaders want to bring more attention to a neglected burial ground for Black servicemen at Antioch Life Park cemetery in Grand Prairie.
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Local civil rights leaders want to bring more attention to a neglected burial ground for Black servicemen at Antioch Life Park cemetery in Grand Prairie.
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