NBC12 has a nice gallery up of the Evergreen Cemetery here in the East End.

“It became the final resting place of many of Richmond’s leading African-American citizens, including Maggie Lena Walker and John Mitchell, Jr. Their plots and the surrounding plots are cleared, though roughly. There are thousands that aren’t, many forever lost.

Opened with no means for perpetual care, the cemetery has been left mostly unchecked and suffers from vandalism and is overgrown by trees, ivy (poison and English) and weeds.

Clearing the cemetery will take years, and the small core of volunteers needs your help. Rally your friends and family and give three hours of your time one Saturday morning.”