FORMER WORKERS SAY THE ENVIRONMENT WAS TOXIC. >>> A HISTORIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERY IN ROCKY MOUNT IS BURIED UNDER LEAVES, MOSS AND BRANCHES. FOR YEARS IT WAS FORGOTTEN UNTIL NOW. TWO FRIENDS ARE ORGANIZING AN EFFORT TO CLEAN UP ALL 15 ACRES OF IT. IT IS A BIG JOB AND WRAL LEARNED HOW THEY PLAN TO DO IT WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM NEIGHBORS. >> THE HEADSTONES READ GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. QUESTIONABLE WHEN YOU SEE THE STATE THE UNITY CEMETERY IN ROCKY MOUNT IS IN TODAY. >> OVER GROWN LEAVES. OVER GROWN TREES. IT IS A WOODED AREA. >> THE TWO MEN SAY BACK IN THE 80s THEY PLAYED HIDE AND SEEK HERE. THEY COMES OUT HERE ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND. SOME GRAVES SINKING, OTHERS WITH BROKEN HEADSTONES AND ALMOST ALL COVERED IN LEAVES. >> THE CEMETERY CONTAINS A LOT OF HISTORY. IT IS IMPORTANT WE HONOR THESE INDIVIDUALS AND PAY RESPECT FOR THEM. >> IT IS HARD TO SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BURR I DIDN'T DO HERE. THE ESTIMATES ARE IN THE THOUSANDS. SOME HAVE BEAUTIFUL MARBLE HEADSTONES LIKE THIS ONE. MANY ARE UNMARKED. THESE TWO FRIENDS SAY IT IS TIME TO CLEAN THIS PLACE UP AND PAY RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE WHO REST HERE. >> WE DON'T NEED NO MONEY. WE NEED DONATION OF YOUR TIME. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. CHAIN SAWS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. WE DON'T NEED -- WE NEED DONATIONS OF YOUR TIME. >> THE COMMUNITY CLEAN UP DAY IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6TH. ANYONE IS WELCOMED TO COME OUT AND WORK AND SHOW THEY HAVEN'T REALLY FORGOTTEN. BACK TO YOU. >> WOW. SO MUCH HISTORY. SO MUCH LOVE BURIED THERE. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED AT THE CLEAN UP. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE LINKED