OpenTour - Oakland Cemetery - We Shall Overcome: African American Stories from the Civil War to Civil Rights
Title
OpenTour - Oakland Cemetery - We Shall Overcome: African American Stories from the Civil War to Civil Rights
Date of Launch
2021-03-10
Short Description of Project
This site uses Oakland Cemetery as a lens through which to better understand Atlanta, its history, and its connections to a globalized world. The goal of this collaboration between the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship and the Historic Oakland Foundation is to create a digital scholarship model that can be used to develop future web exhibitions about Oakland Cemetery that uncover and contextualize the interconnected histories of Oakland Cemetery and Atlanta.
Project Website
https://oaklandcemeteryhistory.org/
Citation
“OpenTour - Oakland Cemetery - We Shall Overcome: African American Stories from the Civil War to Civil Rights,” ECDS Project Catalog, accessed March 17, 2026, https://catalog.ecds.emory.edu/items/show/231.