PHOTOS: Volunteers mark King Day of Service at Oakland Cemetery

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PHOTOS: Volunteers mark King Day of Service at Oakland Cemetery

More than 50 volunteers help expand the gardens in the historically African American section at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.

Zac Leatherberry clears canna lilies as volunteers clean up the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Andrea Lewis plants Chrysogonum between the tombstones in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Volunteers plant "Little Missy" boxwoods around one of the tombstones in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

More than 50 volunteers handle plants and help clean up in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

More than 50 volunteers handle plants and help clean up in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

More than 50 volunteers handle plants and help clean up in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

More than 50 volunteers handle plants and help clean up in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Megan Hodgkiss loads mulch into a wheelbarrow as volunteers plant new plants and clean up the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Some of the volunteers form smaller groups at the start of the the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service event at Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

More than 50 volunteers handle plants and help clean up in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Garden curator Butch Teal plants azaleas in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

More than 50 volunteers handle plants and help clean up in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Garden technician Ranna Rhoden (right) instructs volunteers how to clear canna lilies as they clean up the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Jeff Phillips and his wife, Melanie, build a greenhouse table during the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service at Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Volunteers clear canna lilies as they clean up the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Brian Halloran and his daughter Addie get ready to plant "Little Missy" boxwoods in the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Zac Leatherberry clears canna lilies as volunteers clean up the historically African American section of Oakland Cemetery on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The event was planned Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service but was postponed because of the holiday weekend's winter storm. (Photo by Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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