Florida city earns surprise state grant to repair its abandoned Black cemetery

“We all want to bring respect, dignity, honor back to these people.”

“We all want to bring respect, dignity, honor back to these people.”

After defeat, Tampa lawmakers vow to push abandoned Black cemeteries bill in next session

“There may be over 3,000 abandoned African American cemeteries across the state, sites forgotten and cruelly erased by history.”

Across the United States, hundreds of lost cemeteries have been rediscovered, some under parking lots and schools.