Black Cemeteries

At least four abandoned African American cemeteries have been rediscovered in Florida. The finds are forcing communities to look at their history and racist policies that targeted Black neighborhoods.

Five University of South Florida professors launched the Black Cemetery Network last June.

The city of St. Petersburg has hired an engineering firm to scan the 7.4 acre site with ground-penetrating radar.

Students in the greater Tampa Bay region are learning more about the history of their communities through an educational project involving African American cemeteries.

Archeologists looking at a former Clearwater cemetery said that they have found a total of 29 grave shafts during the excavation process.

Archaeologists are searching for potential unmarked graves on a site in Clearwater.

Members of a task force would recommend strategies for identifying, recording, and memorializing neglected and abandoned black cemeteries.

Unmarked African-American burial grounds are scattered throughout Florida. Sen. Janet Cruz (D-Tampa) wants to fund and reinstate a 10-member task force...

Cadaver dogs and archaeologists began searching Tuesday for a lost cemetery that may be located in an area of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.It's the…

The Florida Senate has agreed to set aside $100,000 to erect memorials at two nearly forgotten cemeteries where hundreds of African Americans are buried…

Scans of the Tampa property owned by Richard Gonzmart and his Columbia Restaurant Group have revealed at least 115 probable graves of the Zion…

Tampa isn't the only place where long-lost African American graveyards have been found.Although two have been discovered in the bay area, and more sites…