ABC 27 spoke with Leon County Judge Tiffany Baker Carper about what to expect from that conversation, what's changed in the legal process recently, and what she wants our youth to remember most.
Commissioners have a packed agenda that includes lobbying ordinances, their 2023 budget and the induction of Jake Gaither Golf Course as a historic site
Florida task force ready to find forgotten African-American cemeteries tallahassee.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tallahassee.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The committee was established last year and includes citizens, historians and preservationists, researchers, National Park Service officials and city staff.
Committee member Delatrie Hollinger said the marker language would be coming before a state historical council later this month. We all worked together and I am so proud of it, he said. We’re looking forward to the continuing work of this committee.
Proposed Historical Marker Language
Houstoun Plantation Cemetery
This 19th century cemetery is one of many known abandoned African American cemeteries in Florida. Before 1900, 80 to 100 enslaved and formerly enslaved persons are believed to have been buried here, many of them children and post-Civil War workers. Though visible in the 1920s, the burial ground was later lost, and in the 1970s was rediscovered by state archaeologists. In 2019, archaeological research led to the identification of 23 likely unmarked graves, and 14 additional possible unmarked graves. Edward H