The trailblazing stories of people of color have been historically harder to find.
“What cemeteries do is they give us a peak at some of that buried history so we can discover more about our ancestors,” Jarmon said.
Each tour will last about 45 minutes in the south end of the cemetery, where the majority of people who are buried are African American, some dating back to the early 1920s. “They can expect a safe, socially-distanced tour,” Jarmon said. “We are going to have docents and we are going to explore about 11 gravesites of some pretty amazing people.”She was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, establishing the local chapter in San Antonio. Hemmings was also a famous actress who starred in many race films when they were popular in the first half of the 20th century.
“Another notable will be one of the Suttons -- we’ll go to a couple of their gravesites, but we’ll talk about Reverend Alexander Carver Sutton and George Washington Carver, was his godfather and he was the Texas president of the NAACP and he was also the owner of Sutton Funeral Home,” Jarmon said.“When you are walking and talking about people who used to live here and what they contributed to San Antonio what you realize is that you have something to contribute as well.
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