“There may be over 3,000 abandoned African American cemeteries across the state, sites forgotten and cruelly erased by history."
The state senator who proposed a bill to catalog and restore abandoned African American cemeteries across Florida said she is disappointed the legislation died in the just-ended session at the Capitol but isn’t giving up the fight. Sen. Janet Cruz, D- Tampa, said she was very frustrated her bill was not taken up in the Republican-led Senate and plans to reintroduce the “Abandoned and Historic African American Cemeteries Act” during the next legislative session.…
“There may be over 3,000 abandoned African American cemeteries across the state, sites forgotten and cruelly erased by history."
The state senator who proposed a bill to catalog and restore abandoned African American cemeteries across Florida said she is disappointed the legislation died in the just-ended session at the Capitol but isn’t giving up the fight. Sen. Janet Cruz, D- Tampa, said she was very frustrated her bill was not taken up in the Republican-led Senate and plans to reintroduce the “Abandoned and Historic African American Cemeteries Act” during the next legislative session.…