The African-American cemetery is said to be buried beneath land north and northeast of the Westwood Tower Apartments on Westbard Drive. On Wednesday, roughly a dozen people affiliated with the church protested at a housing commission meeting, hoisting cardboard gravestones and chanting “Vote! They also asked that the commission vote “in favor of the cemetery’s taking “precedence” over plans for future development. “There will be no vote on this issue while it is in litigation,” responded Jackie Simon, chair of the housing commission. In July, the housing commission was added as a defendant in a lawsuit over the Westbard development.

Source: Washington Post October 05, 2017 00:33 UTC