Cemetery scene with scattered gravestones and flat markers across a grassy field. Large oak trees draped in Spanish moss and a tall evergreen tree provide shade, with sunlight highlighting the open green space under a clear blue sky. — Memorial Park Cemetery in Tampa, Florida. Credit: City of Tampa / https://www.tampa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slick_media/public/slideshow/slides/memorial_park_cemetery_0149.jpg

The headstones at Tampa’s Memorial Park Cemetery include a who’s who of the city’s Black History.

Richard Doby, one of the city’s original developers, is there along with George Middleton, Zulema Cusseaux of Faith, Hope and Charity, Rev. Mansfield Dillard and others. East Tampa community leader, Norene Copeland Miller, who died at age 70 last year, is also at Memorial Park—and her memory is the motivation for a cemetery and gravestone cleanup.

Supplies will be provided, and closed-toe shoes are required for the clean up happening Saturday, Oct. 4 at Tampa’s Memorial Park Cemetery.