We look at the ongoing work of unearthing long-forgotten African American cemeteries in the Tampa Bay area. Researchers and archaeologists across the country have been locating these kinds of sites for years.

In August, an engineering company found evidence of possible graves underneath a parking lot at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The site was once home to Oaklawn Cemetery, a burial ground used by St. Petersburg's Black community from the early-1900s to mid-1920s.

Five University of South Florida professors responded by creating the Black Cemetery Network. Launched in June, its purpose is to document and highlight the stories of the nation's unearthed cemeteries and the people buried in them.