New Alliance for Historically Black Cemeteries
The African American Cemetery Alliance of Tampa Bay, made up of activists, anthropologists and historians, hopes to share resources to preserve local history and cemeteries.
Historically Black Cemeteries Florida
A Grave Situation: Part Eight
In the final installment of the Gabber’s special series on forgotten cemeteries in Pinellas, our historian takes a look at Rose Cemetery and the future.
A Grave Situation: Part Seven
Part seven of the Gabber’s special series on forgotten and historically Black cemeteries in Pinellas County focuses on Whispering Souls African American Cemetery.
A Grave Situation: Part Six
In part six of “A Grave Situation,” we take a look at segregation-era schools in Pinellas, and the forgotten bodies under a Black high school.
A Grave Situation: Part Five
In part five of the Gabber’s eight-part series on forgotten and historically Black cemeteries in Pinellas County, we visit Oakhurst Cemetery in Seminole.
A Grave Situation: Part Four
Part four of our series on forgotten cemeteries in Pinellas County looks at the Gas Plant district and the construction of present-day Tropicana Field.
A Grave Situation: Part Three
Part Three of A Grave Situation looks at the appropriation and desecration of ancient Indian burial mounds in Pinellas County.
Publisher’s Note: Sept 17
This week, a historian who has done the primary research on the historically Black cemeteries in Pinellas gives us the first of eight articles on this heartbreaking subject.
A Grave Situation: Part One
Exhuming the past of Lincoln and forgotten cemeteries in Pinellas: An eight-part series special to the Gabber.