Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

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African-American cemetery cemetery historic site

Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) is a historic burial ground in the nation’s capital known for being the final resting place of many prominent African American leaders and community figures.

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Label	Occurrences
Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African-American cemetery ⓘ cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ
associatedWith	African American history of Washington, D.C. ⓘ civil rights history in the United States ⓘ
category	African-American history in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Cemeteries in Washington, D.C. ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedFor	African American community ⓘ
hasBurial	African American Civil War veterans ⓘ African American business leaders ⓘ African American civil rights activists ⓘ African American educators ⓘ African American religious leaders ⓘ Blanche K. Bruce ⓘ Charles Hamilton Houston ⓘ Henry Plummer Cheatham ⓘ James A. Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ James Wormley Jones ⓘ John Mercer Langston ⓘ John R. Lynch ⓘ Mary Church Terrell ⓘ Nannie Helen Burroughs ⓘ Reconstruction-era African American politicians ⓘ Walter Washington ⓘ William H. Heard ⓘ
hasCondition	historic preservation challenges ⓘ
hasConservationProject	restoration of historic African American graves ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	38.905°N 76.938°W ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasReligion	nonsectarian ⓘ
hasUse	burial ground ⓘ memorial site ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1996 ⓘ
inception	1895 ⓘ
locatedIn	Deanwood neighborhood ⓘ District of Columbia ⓘ Northeast Washington, D.C. ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFor	burials of African American community figures ⓘ burials of prominent African American leaders ⓘ
ownedBy	Woodlawn Cemetery Perpetual Care Association ⓘ
partOf	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
significantPeriod	Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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Blanche K. Bruce → burialPlace → Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) ⓘ