In Clearwater, Florida last century, segregation followed people into the grave. Now the injustices of the past are resurfacing. After human remains began emerging from the ground at a school, a ...

Lindsay Henry is crouching before a weathered gravestone, moss entrenched in its cracks and grooves, trying to decipher the details of the person buried in the spot beneath his feet. Taking his hand ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. – An effort in Florida’s Legislature to repair and preserve abandoned and historic cemeteries throughout the state – including lost Black burial grounds – is making strides among ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Abandoned cemeteries in the state could soon be cleaned up and restored. State Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Pineville) has authored a bill that would provide money to help restore ...

Knoxville — Cemeteries sit in decay throughout East Tennessee. You may know of some yourself. Historian Robert McGinnis estimates there are perhaps 780 graveyards in Knox County alone, with about 150 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An effort to address historically forgotten African American cemeteries and renew the dignity of those interred in them reached a new legislative step, as Tampa Bay lawmakers ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla — Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from when a statewide task force was formed to address abandoned African American cemeteries. The state senator who proposed a bill ...