A year has passed since I broke the news that at least 4,224 of our kinfolk are buried in Vick Cemetery. What has the City done since then to address and redress the continuing harm done to the dead and their families?

Essentially, nothing.

City Manager Grant Goings never introduced the plan he claimed he would reveal in August 2023. City Council member Gillettia Morgan, who lives in eyeshot of the cemetery, is still apparently moving “behind the scenes” (slowly, and in circle?) A meeting with Mayor Carlton Stevens in September to discuss next steps for Vick seemed productive, but it’s been crickets ever since. As far as I can tell, Vick Cemetery has not been on Council’s agenda since August.

Wilson put every single incumbent back into their seat in November. Demand more and better for your vote. JUSTICE FOR VICK CEMETERY.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET.