Historic Cemeteries Program News Today

Geo View spent multiple days at the cemetery, scouring every inch to find the unmarked graves, using geothermal imaging.

House Bill 49 - Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries, by Florida House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell (D-Tampa), has been signed into law.

A new state law will help protect Florida's lost and abandoned cemeteries, four years after Tampa became the epicenter of rediscovered African American historic cemeteries. 

House Bill 49 - Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries, by Florida House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell (D-Tampa), has been signed into law.

House Bill 49 implements the recommendations of a task force approved by the Legislature two years ago to study the issue of abandoned African American cemeteries.

House Bill 49 implements the recommendations of a task force approved by the Legislature two years ago to study the issue of abandoned African American cemeteries.

House Bill 49 implements the recommendations of a task force approved by the Legislature two years ago to study the issue of abandoned African American cemeteries.

Leader Fentrice Driskell (D-Tampa)’s bills, House Bill 1481/Senate Bill 1352 and HB 49/SB 430 have unanimously passed through the Florida Legislature

Legislation sponsored by Senator Bobby Powell (D-West Palm Beach) to identify and mark abandoned African American cemeteries throughout Florida received unanimous approval

The bill is in response to the Tampa Bay Times’ investigations into erased Black cemeteries throughout Tampa Bay.