In this episode, Shelvis Ponds sits down with Dr. Adam Rosenblatt, Professor of International Comparative Studies at Duke University, to talk about the way racial and socioeconomic injustice manifests in, of all places, graveyards. Dr. Rosenblatt's research examines the cultural and political contexts for abandoned African American graveyards, and the way that matters of "just space" play out there.

The below images were taken on October 5, 2018 during a workday at Geer Cemetery in Durham. Attendees, including Dr. Adam Rosenblatt, Eddie Davis, and Caroline Lai, were joined by Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer from the Friends of East End, an organization working to reclaim a historic black cemetery in Richmond, VA. Photo credit: Brian Palmer/brianpalmer.photos.

To learn more about the Friends of East Cemetery, click here. To learn more about Geer Street Cemetery, click here and here.

A full transcript of this podcast can be found here.