Rachael Keri Williams

Executive Director Descendant Founder

Rachael Keri Williams is the Executive Director of SOAL, Saving Our Ancestors' Legacy. SOAL was formed in the summer of 2021 by the descendants of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s oldest remaining historically Black Burial Ground: Lincoln Cemetery. SOAL's mission is to work together to save their ancestor's legacy, document and speak their names, rebury the dead, and restore Lincoln Cemetery. SOAL seeks to restore the cemetery through conservation and preservation work onsite, public history research, and the digital humanities.