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A grave at Pleasant Garden Cemetery in Chattanooga.(Pleasant Garden Cemetery / Facebook)
(Aired Thu 2/06/25)
On Chattanooga’s Missionary Ridge, you’ll find one of the oldest historically Black cemeteries in Tennessee.
Pleasant Garden Cemetery was recently nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, thanks to a vote by the Tennessee Historical Commission.
Opened in 1891, Pleasant Garden is the final resting place for leading members of Chattanooga’s African-American community after Reconstruction and during Jim Crow segregation, including tragic figures such as Ed Johnson - who was lynched on the Walnut St. Bridge in 1906 - and at least one of the Scottsboro Boys.
Fifty years ago, the cemetery was abandoned - but in recent years, volunteers have taken on tasks to restore the site.
This Saturday, Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors - and the African American Cemetery Preservation Fund - once again host a “Hike Through History” at Pleasant Garden.
Donivan Brown and Beth Murphy are with the Fund.
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By WUTCA grave at Pleasant Garden Cemetery in Chattanooga.(Pleasant Garden Cemetery / Facebook)
(Aired Thu 2/06/25)
On Chattanooga’s Missionary Ridge, you’ll find one of the oldest historically Black cemeteries in Tennessee.
Pleasant Garden Cemetery was recently nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, thanks to a vote by the Tennessee Historical Commission.
Opened in 1891, Pleasant Garden is the final resting place for leading members of Chattanooga’s African-American community after Reconstruction and during Jim Crow segregation, including tragic figures such as Ed Johnson - who was lynched on the Walnut St. Bridge in 1906 - and at least one of the Scottsboro Boys.
Fifty years ago, the cemetery was abandoned - but in recent years, volunteers have taken on tasks to restore the site.
This Saturday, Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors - and the African American Cemetery Preservation Fund - once again host a “Hike Through History” at Pleasant Garden.
Donivan Brown and Beth Murphy are with the Fund.