Step into the lives of those who rest beneath the stones of Pleasant Garden Cemetery, one of Tennessee’s oldest historically Black cemeteries located in Chattanooga. Through a series of first-person monologues, the voices of teachers, ministers, business owners, laborers, and community leaders return to the stage, sharing stories of love, struggle, faith, and resilience.

Based on oral histories, newspaper clippings, census records, family photographs, and other historical documents, Beneath These Stones brings the past into the present through the power of storytelling. These are not simply stories about the dead. They are stories about a community that lived, loved, worked, and helped shape Chattanooga.

Come listen. Their stories have been waiting.