Beyond These Gates - Mountains of Hope in Rochester's African-American History by Marilyn Nolte and Verdis Robinson is a 95-page book focusing on the lives of over 45 African-Americans interred in Mount Hope Cemetery. The lives of those discussed range from Rochester's earliest days through the beginning of the 21st.century. Some are well known, some are being introduced to the public for the first time. Author Marilyn Nolte has been a volunteer at Mt. Hope Cemetery since the mid-1990s