Zion Cemetery

Experts say these cemeteries -- located across the country, including Florida -- tell the story of bygone days that capture the richness of the Black experience. And families say it's essential to be able to pay their respects and connect with ancestors there.

The state senator who proposed a bill to catalog and restore abandoned African American cemeteries across Florida said she is disappointed the legislation died in the just-ended session at the Capitol but isn’t giving up the fight.

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

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…

The next step in the search for graves from the lost Zion Cemetery continued Tuesday morning in a Tampa auto impound lot.Four workers from the private…

What once was Zion Cemetery - believed to be Tampa's first African American cemetery - now sits on two-and-a-half acres divided among three owners.Scans…

MacDill Air Force Base will start an investigation in January into reports that a lost African American cemetery could be inside its gates.The cemetery…

King High School is the site of an African-American cemetery, Hillsborough County school officials confirmed Wednesday.In addition, County Commissioner…

We could know by next week whether King High School is resting on a forgotten cemetery.Experts from GeoView Inc., a geophysical consulting firm, began…

Hillsborough County School officials are looking into the possibility that some grounds of King High School rest on what was a cemetery for indigent…