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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CLEARWATER ― The 70 graves found on the FrankCrum company’s campus were initially announced to have been unmarked burials accidentally left behind when St. Matthews Baptist Church Cemetery was moved
Black communities around Tampa Bay were erased. Should cities pay to save the history? There is a push on both sides of the bay for local governments to take a more proactive role in raising money for Black history projects. Â Â Tampa s Black neighborhood known as the Scrub as it looked in the 1930s. The downtown neighborhood was later razed. [ Courtesy of Hillsborough County Public Library ] Published 53 minutes ago TAMPA â Historic Black cemeteries in Tampa were erased more than half a century ago with the help of the city government. Tampa levied neighborhood improvement fees on Zion and College Hill cemeteries, took the lands when the owners could not pay, canceled those same fees when white developers owned the cemeteries, and then looked the other way when those burial grounds were erased.
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Listen • 1:00 1 of 4 During excavation of the former North Greenwood cemetery site in Clearwater, archaeologists discovered 29 grave shafts, as well as artifacts like this grave marker. 2 of 4 North Greenwood Cemetery grave marker 3 of 4 1942 dime found during excavation 4 of 4 Intact grave marker Archeologists looking at a former Clearwater cemetery said that they have found a total of 29 grave shafts during the excavation process. Archeologists looking at a “forgotten” Clearwater cemetery say that they have found almost 30 grave shafts. Archaeologists from the Florida Public Archaeology Network, based out of the University of South Florida, and Tampa engineering firm, Cardno Inc., provided a final update on the North Greenwood Cemetery excavation Friday.