forgotten cemeteries

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...

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…

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…