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Melanie Brooks stands in the cemetery of her relatives. "We want to forget" she says in response to the lack of taught history of the African-American population. — Melanie Brooks stands in the Northside cemetery where her relatives are buried, her family’s story and others are the subject of ongoing research by members of the San Antonio African-American Community Archives and Museum. Credit: Scott Ball / San Antonio Report

Melanie Brooks stands in the cemetery of her relatives. “We want to forget” she says in response to the lack of taught history of the African-American population.