Judge blocks sale of apartment complex built on top of historical Black cemetery

Potential sale in Maryland halted after local activists opposed the deal as judge says: Bodies of African Americans remain there'

A judge has blocked the sale of a suburban apartment complex in Maryland that was previously used as a cemetery for freed Black slaves, arguing that many bodies likely still remain on the property".

The potential $50m sale of Westwood Tower in Bethesda, Maryland, 30 minutes outside of Washington DC, to the investment firm Charger Ventures was halted after local activists opposed the deal, reported NBC and Bethesda Magazine.