America has a long history of racial oppression and, apparently, just as long a history of sweeping racism under the rug—or, in this case, the parking lot.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, Cardno, a private archaeology firm hired by the city of Clearwater and the Pinellas County School Board, has discovered what appears to be 44 graves, or “grave-like anomalies,” from a long-forgotten African-American cemetery under a Florida parking lot owned by the school district.
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This discovery marks the third since August where archaeologists have found lost African-American graves in the Tampa Bay area.
The saga started last August when the Tampa Housing Authority announced that graves from the segregation-era all-black Zion Cemetery were discovered still under their original burial grounds which now reside under five Robles Park Village public housing apartment buildings as well as privately-owned warehouses and a tow lot on the 3700 block of N Florida Avenue. Around 300 caskets were identified using ground-penetrating radar, which was also used in Cardno’s discovery.
Source: 44 African-American Graves Found Under Florida School District Parking Lot
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