After more than a century, American flag now waves above Rubonia Cemetery

American flags will be flying all around the Bay Area in celebration of the Fourth of July, but one flag in particular, in Manatee County, will fly with special meaning.

Uncovering African-American history, one grave at a time

As we celebrate African-American Heritage, tonight we profile a very special woman's quest to honor those who have passed on. Her unlikely calling is What's Right with Tampa Bay.

USF archeologist map unmarked graves at Oaklawn Cemetery

What lies beneath Tampa's oldest cemetery? That's the question being answered by a group of archeologists performing a census of Oaklwan Cemetery - in an effort to make it a national historic landmark. 

Non-profits fight over historic African American cemetery

Lincoln Cemetery in Gulfport is resting place to thousands of African Americans – many of which died in an era where slavery still existed.

Sweeping away years of neglect at historic cemetery

A young woman has made a neglected Gulfport cemetery her passion project.  Vanessa Gray recruited volunteers to clean the property at the Lincoln Cemetery, where many African Americans and even some Civil War veterans are laid to rest.