South-View Cemetery

South-View Cemetery
South-View Cemetery
Details
Established	April 21, 1886
Location	1990 Jonesboro Rd SE, Atlanta, Georgia
Country	United States
Coordinates	33°42′08″N 84°22′25″W / 33.702361°N 84.373686°W
Type	Private
Size	100 acres (40 ha)
No. of interments	80,000
Website	https://www.southviewcemetery.com/
Find a Grave	South-View Cemetery

South-View Cemetery is a historic African-American-founded cemetery located approximately 15 minutes from downtown Atlanta, Georgia. An active operational cemetery on over 100 acres of land, it is the oldest African-American cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia and the oldest African-American “non eleemosynary” corporation in the country.^[3] Founded in 1886, it has since served as the burial place for many leaders in the civil rights movement including Julian Bond and John Lewis. Martin Luther King Jr. was originally buried here but was later moved to the King National Historic Park in Atlanta.

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