Jen Knutson, assistant director of the Archaeology Museum at the University of South Alabama, measures a grave in New Plateau Cemetery in Africatown on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in Mobile, Ala. Knutson helped document the graves as part of a project to record all of the graves in Old Plateau and New Plateau cemeteries.
“It’s empowering to teach a community to do their own historic preservation,” said Alexandra Jones, an archaeologist who leads the project. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our