February 25, 2025
For Rancocas Valley Regional High School students in Burlington County, New Jersey, their AP African American Studies class teaches more than the typical history lesson. More than a handful of students raised their hands proudly after learning their familiar neighborhoods played a critical part in shaping local Black history.
Josiah Hardy, an 11th grader, says he always passes by a small cemetery near the river that runs by his grandmother’s home.
“There’s a little graveyard of the soldiers from the Civil War, specifically Black soldiers,” Hardy explained during class.
Josiah Hardy, an 11th grader at Rancocas Valley High School/CBS Philadelphia
The historic Timbuctoo Cemetery, part of the Zion Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal African Church/CBS Philadelphia
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