The Story
East View Cemetery serves as a historic burial ground for Americus's African American community in Sumter County, a region central to the modern civil rights movement of the 1960s. Among those interred is the Reverend "Blind" Pearly Brown, a self-taught street musician and minister who became one of the first African American performers to appear at the Grand Ole Opry. Its graves reflect broader patterns in Georgia's Black cemeteries, which grew out of segregation while preserving distinctive African American cultural and burial traditions.
About this site
East View Cemetery is a cemetery in Americus, Sumter County. It is one of 42 cemeteries documented in Sumter County, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0794, -84.2245 near Americus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ashby Street Shotgun Row Historic District (historic place), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Dismuke Storehouse, East Forsyth Street Cemetery, and Campbell Chapel AME Church.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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