March is Women’s History Month and is known for commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.
A group of African American business leaders established Mount Glenwood cemetery south of Thornton in 1908 and a year later, Olivet Baptist Church created Mount Forest cemetery. In the 1920s, two more traditionally Black cemeteries opened in the Alsip area, Restvale and Burr Oak.