ATLANTA - A Buckhead condo community has agreed to care for a historic Black cemetery on its property, ending a nearly two-year court battle with descendants of those buried there.

What we know:

A Fulton County Superior Court judge ruled last month that the Bluffs at Lenox Homeowners Association had neglected its obligation to maintain the Piney Grove Cemetery, which sits off Canterbury Road behind the townhomes. The HOA must now pay an undisclosed amount to the nonprofit Friends of Piney Grove Cemetery, which already works to preserve the site.

The cemetery, where more than 300 Black men, women, and children are buried, dates back to the 1820s and includes both formerly enslaved and free people. It remained in use until the 1990s.

What they're saying:

Wright Mitchell, president and

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