forgotten cemeteries

Only a fraction of the state's cemeteries have been officially located and documented.

It's home to the infamous case known as the "Groveland Four," in which four young black men were falsely accused and convicted of raping a 17-year-old white woman in 1949.

The lack of action on the legislation stunned supporters and the reasons for its demise were not clear.

One woman's quest to learn where her ancestors may have been buried led to a historic African-American burial ground believed to hold the graves of former slaves from Welaunee and Fleischmann plantations in Leon County.

Since the owner of Memorial Park Cemetery died in 2019, the city of Tampa has invested considerable time, manpower and money to protect and improve the grounds of the resting place for Black veterans.

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.

Five University of South Florida professors launched the Black Cemetery Network last June.

Five University of South Florida professors launched the Black Cemetery Network last June.

The city of St. Petersburg has hired an engineering firm to scan the 7.4 acre site with ground-penetrating radar.

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.