http://www.visitathensga.com/afr_amer_tour.cfm Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
The cemetery was established in 1882 for Athenians of African descent as a result of a burial insurance program called The Gospel Pilgrim Lodge. Members paid a dime a week to be guaranteed a big funeral. Prominent Athenians with grave sites at Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery include Charles S. Lyons, Sr., school principal; Monroe “Pink” Morton, prominent businessman; newspaperman William Pledger; and Madison “Matt” Davis, a former slave who became a Georgia legislator during Reconstruction and Athens’ first black postmaster. To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday in January 2002, Michael Thurmond and local volunteers held a cleanup day at the cemetery.
Less than 200 of them even had gravestones. It would be nice if the *cough* NAACP *cough* would chalk up some money for some headstones. But I wouldn't hold my breath.