The Florida Senate passes legislation to create a statewide task force
to identify and memorialize abandoned African-American cemeteries
After months of discoveries of abandoned African-American cemeteries across Florida, the Florida Senate unanimously passed legislation today to form a statewide task force for the historical preservation of African-American cemeteries and burial sites (SB 220). [Read more…] about Florida’s abandoned African-American cemeteries are now one step closer to no longer being forgotten
