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In his Spoon River Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters uses a series of poetic monologues to have his characters finally tell their true stories from their graves. The first section lets the reader know that all, all, are sleeping on the hill. San Antonio has its Powder House Hill about three miles from its central business district. Known as the Eastside Cemetery District, there are 31 cemeteries here, owned by different religious congregations, fraternal organizations, military groups, and the City of San Antonio. Like Masterss Spoon River, within the Eastside Cemetery District reside people of many occupations and nationalities, including soldiers and statesmen, rich and poor, as well as husbands, wives, and children. Through photographs and research, the authors hope to tell some small part of the stories and the history of this unique burial ground.
The evolving narrative within the pages of the book uncovers the deeply rutted paths to literacy ownership carved by turn-of-the-twentieth century African American citizens' groups in San Antonio, Texas. The story becomes more than a turn-of-the-twentieth century Colored school's history; it becomes a people's story inculcating the essence of their cultural history in San Antonio's cultural landscape. Through self-determinist strategies powered by agency and cultural capital, these literacy warriors step forward to stake their claim for literacy ownership. The impetus for the establishment of the George W. Brackenridge Colored School is initiated by a small group of Colored people who come to petition for more schools for their children. Within the story of the citizens' groups and the Brackenridge Colored School, another person emerges as a symbol of the school's beginnings. The school's namesake, George W. Brackenridge, moves in and out of the events centered on the Board's decisions regarding learning facilities for the Colored community. For all of his philanthropic endeavors during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, George W. Brackenridge remains as a memorialized symbol still standing tall, not only in the African American communities, but in other communities and institutions through out San Antonio and the state of Texas. However, only a few remember, or are even aware of the Colored citizens' initiatives put forth for the building of the school, bearing the name of its financial and morally bent benefactor, a much needed ally in the nearby Colored community surrounding the school at the turn of the twentieth century. And now, the rest of the story.
History is the heart and soul of any place. In the past it had a heart beat, a pulse. Every place, person has a unique story. Grandview Cemetery is located in Bryan, Texas. This cemetery is one of the largest African American burial grounds in Brazos County with over 1000 people buried there. It had very hopeful beginnings with freed slaves, black business owners and veterans of several wars buried there. There has been an African American presence in Bryan, Texas since early history, they played a major role in the development of the city. The current resting place of so many people is filled with garbage, over grown brush, weeds and so much more. The haunting image of Malinda Cunningham inspired the author to tell the stories of the dead, for the dead do tell tales. This book is dedicated to them.