The boys were detained at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, a juvenile detention facility that had a reputation for neglect and abuse.
An abandoned graveyard in Maryland is finally being restored to honor the 230 Black boys buried there, who died while confined to the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children.
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland are seeking to restore and bring dignity to a dilapidated burial site for Black boys.
More than 200 Black boys confined to the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children died and were buried at the gravesite. An abandoned graveyard in Maryland filled with the unattended ...