This grant supports ongoing restoration, building on over $500,000 secured since 2020, and advances the site’s future as a center for education, culture, and public programming led by the Du Bois Freedom Center.
For unknown reasons, Yolande’s grave was left without a headstone. Her grandchildren were unaware of where she was buried, until her grandson Arthur McFarlane II was informed of it during a visit in 2012.
