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Integrating Mount Jackson's Past

Martha Woodroof speaks with DeLois Warr, who still carries anger from her days growing up in segregated Mount Jackson.

She has made a mission out of challenging her community to help her maintain Mount Jackson's antebellum black cemetery.

Note: This episode of The Spark originally aired October 24, 2014.

Valley Black Heritage Project

Video of DeLois Warr talking about Mt. Jackson’s African American Cemetery by Robin Lyttle. Ms. Lyttle is the founder of the Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project.

Marth Woodroof has retired from WMRA and is now spending her time as a full-time writer and published author.