Orange Mound’s Reconstruction history comes into focus
A historical marker identifies the old Deaderick Family Cemetery in Orange Mound. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
A cemetery for the Deaderick Plantation, which later became the core of the Orange Mound subdivision, has been ground zero for efforts to chart what life was like for those in the Reconstruction era after slavery.
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