News & Updates
Brutontown Descendants Heritage Initiative (BTDHI)
Brutontown Descendants Heritage Initiative (BTDHI)
This page serves as a chronological archive of independent media coverage and public-facing documentation related to the Brutontown Cemetery disturbance and subsequent preservation efforts.
Title: Historic cemetery lies in ruins. But Why?
Source: Post & Courier / Seth Taylor
Date: September 2025
Title: Furman University's Connection, The County's Cleanup: The history beneath the soil of a neglected slave cemetery
Source: WYFF New 4 / Miya Payton
Date: September 30, 2025
Title: Questions over Cemetery Cleanup
Source: Fox Carolina News / Alexa Erbach
Date: August 23, 2025
Title: Concerns grow over SC slave cemetery cleanup and ownership
Source: WYFF News 4 / Miya Payton
Date: August 22, 2025
Title: Historic Black Cemetery DESTROYED
Source: Palmetto Cemeterian
Date: August 20, 2025
Title: Historic, yet neglected Greenville County, South Carolina slave cemetery gets new attention
Source: WYFF News 4 / Miya Payton
Date: June 13, 2024
This archive is updated periodically as verified coverage and official public documentation become available. For historical media coverage documenting Brutontown from 1975-2023, visit the Media Archive.