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TAMPA — Central Avenue was once the hippest place in Tampa. It’s where Ray Charles made his first recording and where Hank Ballard discovered “The Twist,” the dance that inspired his song popularized by Chubby Checker. Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald also regularly performed there. But nothing remains of Central Avenue today. “So much of the hardscape of the African American community has ...

Experts are looking for yet another erased Black cemetery in the Tampa Bay area. The St. Joseph Aid Cemetery may also be referred to as the Montana City Cemetery.