Danita Mason-Hogans (center), 52, of Durham, and other descendents of Manly McCauley gather to place their hands on a jar containing soil during a soil collection ceremony at Carl Drive in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Satuday, Nov. 16, 2019. "I always say that I'm doing the work of my ancestors," says Mason-Hogans. "We need to be brave together and face it together."