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LEXINGTON – Members of the community gathered for a special ceremony at the Lexington cemetery on Sunday to honor the former slaves who are buried there.

The City of Lexington has received a grant to perform an archeological study of slave graves at the city cemetery and to erect a future historical marker.

St. Stephens is the oldest African American church in Davidson County and the location of the beginning of a civil rights movement in Lexington.

Lexingtons Tonya Lanier will release her latest book and hold two book signings; new party rental equipment business opens; MasterBrand Cabinets will hold a Hiring Day event: Heres Whats Happening in Davidson County.

The Dispatch Members of Davidson Countys Black community said they have hope and peace after a Minneapolis jury returned guilty verdicts Tuesday on all three charges against former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. "Its just hope ... a little bit of hope," said Tina Royal a community leader in Lexington, and former president of the Davidson County Democratic Party. Royal was crying when reached for comment but stressed it was happy tears and a release of anxiety after...

The Dispatch Their names are not known. Their birth dates, nor date of death are known. In fact, no one really knows how many bodies are buried in a mass grave site for slaves in the Lexington City Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Arnetta Beverly does know this, however — the men and women buried near the single rock and slab marker deserve remembering. "We are the descendants of those slaves," she said. "I think they need to be recognized because we really are standing on their shoulders." Beverlys...