This is the grave of Robert Rossen. Born in 1908 in New York, Robert Rosen grew up in the Jewish immigrant center of the Lower East Side. I am not sure why he added the extra s to his last name in 1931. I guess...
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This is the grave of Mordecai Johnson. Born in 1890 in Paris, Tennessee, Johnson grew up reasonably well of for his time and place and race, which still wasn't much..
This is the grave of Lawrence Eagleburger. Born in 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Eagleburger grew up in an upper middle class household. His father was a doctor and his mother.
This is the grave of Lorraine Hansberry. Born in 1930 in Chicago, Hansberry grew up in the upper middle class part of the Black community in that city. Her father made a ton of money in real estate. In 1938, they desegregated a white neighborhood,...
This is the grave of Anne Heche. Born in 1969 in Aurora, Ohio, Heche grew up in the kind of world that can make someone have a lot of issues--hardcore.
This is the grave of Eva Gabor. Born in 1919 in Budapest, Gabor grew up in a glamorous Jewish household. Her father was a prominent officer and her mother came.
This is the grave of Charles Hamilton Houston. Born in 1895 in Washington, D.C., Houston grew up relatively prosperous, especially for Black America in these years. His father, born a slave, was a lawyer in Washington. We think of the Black legal class as critical...
This is the grave of Frank Knox. Born in 1874 in Boston, Knox grew up pretty middling. His father was a grocer. The family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan for.
This is the grave of Alexander Clay. Born in 1853 in Powder Springs, Georgia, Alexander Stephens Clay was, well, named after the other Alexander Stephens, the VP of treason. In.
This is the grave of Randall Thompson. Born in 1899 in New York City, Ira Randall Thompson grew up pretty well off. His father was an English teacher at a fancy academy called the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. So a teacher, but a special...
Inside this locked cemetery is the grave of Lucretia Mott. Born in 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Lucretia Coffin grew up in a whaling family. Her family were early Puritans and.
This is the grave of King Charles II. Born in 1630 in London, the son of King Charles I must have thought that he would have an easy time ascending.