Members of the Maryland Black Caucus visit grave site of Black boys buried in Cheltenham Veteran Cemetary

On Sept. 23, members of the Maryland Black Caucus visited Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery, where two grave sites of Black boys were buried sometime in the 1800s. Photojournalists follow the members of the Black Caucus as they walk to the first site. Photo by Delonte Harrod

Marc Schindler, assistant secretary & chief of staff of Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, talks to reporters and members of the Black caucus about the history of the cemetery. Photo by Delonte Harrod

Schindler leads the crowd into the woods, where the first section of the unmarked graves are found. Photo by Delonte Harrod

From Left to Right: William Ford, Maryland Matters reporter, Megan Sayles, a reporter for the Afro News, Del. Jamila Woods (District 26), Jheanelle Wilkins, chair of the Maryland Black Caucus, Del. Jeffrie Long, Jr., and Sen. Michael Jackson, and an unnamed delegate or senator, look an unmarked grave of a Black boy. Photo by Delonte Harrod

Del. Jeffrie Long led members of the Maryland Black Caucus in a prayer. Photo by Delonte Harrod

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