South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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South-View Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia, is a historic African American burial ground known for being the resting place of many prominent Black leaders and community figures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American cemetery
cemetery
historic site
associatedWith African American history in Atlanta
civil rights movement
commemorates African American leaders
civil rights figures
veterans
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedAs alternative to segregated white cemeteries
foundedBy African American businessmen
hasCulturalSignificance site of remembrance for Black Atlantans
symbol of Black self-determination
hasFeature grave markers
landscaped grounds
mausoleums
monuments
hasFunction burial ground
historic landscape
memorial site
hasHeritageDesignation historic African American burial ground
hasHistoricalRole major burial place for Black Atlantans
repository of African American heritage in Atlanta
hasNotableBurial Alonzo Herndon
Benjamin Mays
Hosea Williams
John Lewis
Martin Luther King Sr.
Ralph Abernathy
surface form: Ralph David Abernathy

other local Black civic leaders
hasTypeOfBurial family plots
individual graves
veterans’ graves
hasUse active burial site
languageOfSignage English
locatedIn Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia

Fulton County, Georgia
Georgia
notableFor burials of civil rights activists
burials of community figures
burials of prominent Black leaders
openTo public
operatedAs private cemetery
partOf African American cultural landscape of Atlanta
region Southern United States
surface form: American South
religiousAffiliation nonsectarian
servesCommunity African American community of Atlanta

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Alberta Williams King placeOfBurial South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
John burialPlace South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
subject surface form: John Lewis
C. T. Vivian placeOfBurial South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States