TAMPA — City officials unveiled a historic designation marker that they hoped would be among the first steps in restoring ...
The 2.5-acre cemetery, which is believed to be Tampa’s first burial ground for African American residents, was created in ...
The legacy of Zion Cemetery is being reclaimed this Black History Month as the city and Tampa Housing Authority unveil a ...
The legacy of Zion Cemetery is being reclaimed this Black History Month as the city and Tampa Housing Authority unveil a ...
The pending real estate deal could help restore an erased Black cemetery where archaeologists found hundreds of graves.
Just north of Downtown Tampa, under roads, homes and businesses lies a forgotten piece of history: Zion Cemetery.
Tampa City Council recently voted to designate a home – which belonged to a successful Black entrepreneur in the 1920s – as a ...
TAMPA, Fla. — A new historical marker will honor the erased Zion Cemetery in Tampa, where archaeologists found hundreds of graves under public housing apartments and two adjacent businesses.
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They are the names of those buried in what is believed to be Tampa’s oldest African American cemetery, Zion Cemetery, which is located along N. Florida Avenue. “This is truly sacred ground ...
ABC Action News Reporter Chad Mills takes us through the history of Zion Cemetery and the efforts to preserve these unmarked ...