A collaborative project with the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, and the Okefenokee Heritage Center,
documenting and archiving the oldest African American cemetery in Waycross, Georgia.
Thank you and your team for reclaiming the stories of people who made Waycross home.
— Richard Freeman, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
By mapping and recording graves, developing a database of names and dates, and conducting oral histories of surviving family members,
the Red Hill Cemetery Project will record often-neglected voices before they fall irretrievably silent.
In Memory of Mr. Willie Rogers Character
March 27, 1939 - February 20, 2022
The contributions Mr. Character made to the Okefenokee Heritage Center, the OHC Black Heritage Committee, and the Red Hill Cemetery Project are immeasurable. He will be greatly missed.
