Pinellas students mark 19 blank graves in African American cemetery
A group of high school students is learning history and heritage by helping family members of the deceased.
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.
African American cemetery now under care of St. Pete church
Next to the headstones at Lincoln Cemetery in Gulfport lie beer cans and overgrown weeds.
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.