200 Years of Abandoned African-American Cemeteries in Jacksonville Panel

Today I am speaking with Ennis Davis and Adrienne Burke on a panel for the Jessie Ball duPont Fund. Sharing some links with the audience during the talk- follow along or hope this page brings more information to you on this very important topic!



Florida Public Archaeology Network

https://www.fpan.us/


FPAN Cemetery Resource Protection Training

https://www.fpan.us/training-courses/crpt/

 

CRPT Alliance

https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnvArch/

 

 Heritage Monitoring Scouts

https://www.fpan.us/projects/hms-florida/

 

Cemetery Dash Map – all Florida Cemeteries mapped

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=b5502a70d9fe4b91b44dc6f620cf17e6&extent=-81.4375,29.7630,-81.1800,30.1479

 

City of Jacksonville Blue Ribbon Commission report on Abandoned Cemeteries

https://www.coj.net/city-council/docs/br-cemeteriesfinalreport20071219.aspx

 

Article on Abandoned African American Cemeteries Task Force report (Florida Politics)

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/481094-abandoned-african-american-cemeteries-task-force-finalizes-report/?fbclid=IwAR1HnTmn2YsoK22zAqRKcPchW9_J_teM0IaxAqUuwRgmHPn8sCRxqi-iUFIoq=hms&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i199i433i465i512j69i59j35i39j69i61j69i60l3.858j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

Webpage for the Florida Task force On African American Burial Sites

https://dos.myflorida.com/historical/archaeology/human-remains/abandoned-cemeteries/abandoned-african-american-cemeteries-task-force/


Task Force on Abandoned African-American Cemeteries – 2021 Report

https://files.floridados.gov/media/705214/hb-37_task-force-on-abandoned-african-american-cemeteries_report_12-17-2021.pdf

 

Florida Bill for Cemeteries 2022 (SB 1588)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1588


Cemeteries as Outdoor Museums article

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-archaeological-practice/article/cemeteries-as-participatory-museums/E31C0C0F156A09B290135411BC46E95F

 

Black Cemetery Network

https://blackcemeterynetwork.org/

 

African-American Burial Grounds Network Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1179/all-info

 

Florida Historic Cemetery Inventory

https://www.fpan.us/projects/florida-historic-cemetery-inventory/

 

Florida Master Site File guide and form

https://files.floridados.gov/media/696317/guide_cemetery_v40.pdf

http://dos.myflorida.com/historical/preservation/master-site-file/documents-forms/

 Previous blog post for PLANNING WITH GULLAH/GEECHEE COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA PANEL RESOURCES with link provided by Representative Glenda Simmons-Jenkins


Links I looked up during the talk:

Hillsborough cemetery curriculum project

Budget conference: House negates Tampa Bay education program on erased Black cemeteries

And from Dr. Gordon Rakita- I reminder to check out Dr. Brittany Brown's Dissertation 
Ancestral Landscapes: a Study of Historical Black Cemeteries and Contemporary Practices of Commemoration Among African Americans in Duval County, Jacksonville, Fl.

$10.8 million project planned for Moncrief cemeteries by Ennis Davis