Uncovering Black cemeteries paved over in Florida | 60 Minutes

In the 1950s, in Clearwater, Florida, Black cemeteries were supposed to be relocated for various development projects. But many graves were never relocated and the cemeteries were paved over.
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[@Cstar508]

This is why it’s important to speak to our elders and document their stories. My mother told me about how when she was a child the tomb stones from a black cemetery were thrown in a pit behind her neighborhood. That pit is now covered by the freeway in my hometown. My heart grieves for these families and their ancestors.

[@brendamacklin6044]

I’m outraged that this was allowed to happen, just to make money for the land!!

[@KellGreg06]

I’m a Floridian born and raised. It hurts my heart and made me cry to know that this was done to our people. 😢 We couldn’t even get respect to rest in our final resting place…. Just mind blowing!

[@righteverythingafterthisis2758]

Its still going on too small towns around the clearwater area still have black vs white cemeteries. I’m from Sumter County probably an hour away. We have A cemetery in downtown bushnell called evergreen cemetery. That’s where white people are buried. There’s another cemetery 20 minutes away outside of a town called Webster. Literally the same name, but for blacks.

[@alishaparker315]

@@righteverythingafterthisis2758that’s insane. I don’t understand this at all. Why hate anyone Bc of skin color? I can’t understand tht it’s ignorant n stupid to hate like tht😔. That’s really sad what u said 💔

[@357SWAGNUM_MAGA_X]

@@alishaparker315 it's a power and control thing when it comes to small towns.

[@FoulPet]

So you're against cremation

[@wirelessone2986]

@@alishaparker315 There are things I want to say but dont know how.My family fought for the North and my grandfather's unit delivered 2 death camps in Europe and Ive heard rumours of a third.I didnt grow up racist and I didnt know what it was until they showed me movies in school about it and it really freaked me out and impacted me the rest of my life.I stand against it and always will.I hope people dont hate me because of my skin color.

[@CrownHeaded12]

My mother was born in 1948 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. She remembers the African American cemetery that is now covered and paved over by a hotel and parking lot. She remembers her elders being upset because they knew that the bodies were not removed.

[@weathamorris4251]

Truly who is okay with living above a cemetery especially one that is the resting place of so many mistreated African Americans? Use off and school for good.

[@Newflame4422]

Contact 60 minutes to investigate

[@ephraimyasharahla4420]

This is the same thing they do all over the world. They go and desecrate ancient burial grounds for minerals metal’s and anything else they can get their hands on.

[@marypagac305]

@@Newflame4422 Yes, please, let’s report all known cases of this - 60 minutes and possibly Little Rock newspapers. Enough people may not have cared before. They do now. And they may have then - just not in Little Rock …. and there was no internet at the time, no “60 Minutes”. Let’s document all the black cemeteries built over, and then all the white ones built over. Then let me guess the ratio. Most people consider buried human remains to be sacred ground.

[@Jevans47403]

I’m sure they did that cause they knew the decedents weren’t going to be able to pay for the relocation and reinterring. Money, greed and racism come hand in hand when it comes to the Jim Crow era south.

[@slarvadain188]

Thanks 60 Minutes for putting this on national news. Our ancestors lived too long in the belly of the beast. I hope they are now resting in peace.

[@pamtebelman2321]

Well said, and "Amen."

[@lenoraramos777]

Amen😔

[@bettycarter4009]

Halleluyah to father YAH YAHOSHUA he will make away,Time is at hand God hands ❤😢

[@zimnizzle]

Greed is disgusting. No one deserves to have their memory disgraced like this. Unbelievable.

[@vytallicaq.6881]

Florida is filling up fast. Not enough room for the living AND the dead. People are just going to have to accept cremation at some point. I'd rather have my ashes scattered on the beautiful beaches I played on as a kid. Europe and Japan have even less room. There are probably thousands of ancient graveyards that have been repurposed for the use of the living.

[@zalix512]

Purse stealing seems to be coming back.

[@puddincup9879]

It’s hate, not greed

[@Gatteleylife9957]

@@puddincup9879 it's both!

[@cookiegirl17]

@@vytallicaq.6881 a lot of people don’t believe in cremation it goes against some belief systems

[@septemberamyx]

Good job 60 Minutes! Excellent and respectful coverage of the injustice and disrespect of the graves of citizens.

[@heatherelliott8246]

@ September Amyx Yes excellent coverage but, I disagree with respectful coverage. @ 11:01 “or indifference, we do… not know” is insulting, disgusting & purposefully excusing heartless activity in our known heartless history. I’m too angry to list the obvious conclusions accepted in our history. & our current atmosphere begs that I point out this purposeful acceptance by reminding us of events such as President Woodrow Wilson viewing Birth of a Nation at the White House. American history is ugly & hateful even heartless. In order to begin to heal we have to identify this ugly🦆 knowing it 🦆 will not transform into a beautiful 🦢 & not offer disrespectful journalistic bull🤬 with… opposite labels “respectful”, naw.

[@wisenfunny]

Amen 🙏🏻

[@cherylshaw8563]

Specifically African American citizens.

[@lolalashy6522]

How many Americans Indians cemeteries where violating,? They came to build homes stores and road!

[@lolalashy6522]

@@cherylshaw8563 and American indians,

[@mjerome1457]

Thank you 60 Minutes for doing such an amazing job with this story. My grandfather’s family is buried there under that building. He used to tell us this Story for years because he was from that Clearwater area, that the City just covered up their families graves, lied to them and turn their backs on them because they were Black… even though they had all fighting in the war for America. I’m happy to see that now something is being done and yes, the school and the building should be torn down and turn into a Memorial Park! And the city should pay for it!!

[@theresalennon9940]

💯, Exactly, Most True, Real Talk. This made me Cry. 😢😢

[@cynthialinn1120]

The city should be ashamed of themselves theres no question the building needs to be torn down now!

[@consciouselevators]

I am so sorry. My grandmother was buried there too. My grandmother was born in Clearwater and so was her mother and they were very involved in the culture and history of this place. I grew up playing at the Holt Pool and remember the days before Frank Crum was there. I went to the Tropicana Dome as a kid so many times for field trips and I did my first year of events to market my business at the Tropicana Dome and the whole time it was on top of graves too? How can this have been ignored even until this point??? I wish someone could make it make sense. And they have the nerve to charge us to build black businesses on top of our people's graves? I really hope the right thing is done to ensure honor and respect is restored to these restless souls. Lord have mercy.

[@sidneya.dorsett860]

@@cynthialinn1120 Black Americans should be ashamed for letting it happen without protest and then enduring it for decades

[@ckcnj9175]

@@sidneya.dorsett860 oppressed people don’t have a lot of options. Victim shaming… how original.

[@Tippy150]

Lord, have mercy. 🥺 Thank you Rebecca and Erin for bringing this story to life for the world to see. God bless you two.

[@biancamack1730]

My dad is from Clearwater and grew up in the Heights. He would tell us a story about the department store mentioned as he drove us through the old neighborhood where the Heights used to be. He always mentioned that they built on top of a Black graveyard.

[@worldclasstraveler3530]

I believe that is a bad omem luck, to build on top of a graveyard and to walk on a grave. It may just be me. If I know it, I won't go near.

[@beachbum7425]

To those who’s loved ones who were disrespected in this horrible way, my prayers of peace to the living and the deceased. I hope they give you a proper resting place

[@srlnee6445]

Every animal should be paved over, animals are not worth the pine box let alone land that could otherwise be used to raise a all American human family! I say dump the animals in the ocean and let the sharks take care of that problem!!

[@beachbum7425]

@@srlnee6445 there were no animals buried at this cemetery. Only HUMANS. your comment however, was quite animalistic. Do better & be better.

[@Sometimesthingsgetcomplicated]

​@@srlnee6445may you be cursed for the rest of your life for your heartless thoughts

[@andrewDaMack]

Man, tears came to my eyes watching this. Seeing photographs of people buried in these desecrated cemeteries, knowing they once walked this earth. To think of the injustice and racism they dealt with in life and now in death, their remains are still being disrespected. This is inhumane and very sad.

[@ryanmiller5473]

Would you feel better knowing that one day the sun will engulf the planet and we’ll all be cremated?

[@RespectVaWill]

Thank you for recognizing the truth.

[@ricoskrt8890]

@@ryanmiller5473 that’s not the point. Racism is bad and you shouldn’t be racist.

[@loristewart5701]

Its sickening!

[@indriadrayton1132]

@@ryanmiller5473 one day, we will all rise up before the throne of the Most High

[@Multifacted_Brotha]

This is not just in Florida but all over the USA SMH... Such disrespect!!! This really makes me angry!! My sister lives in Texas with her husband and she called me yesterday telling me how they found an old black cemetery that a shopping mall is built over it .Also I'm finding out most of the lakes in the U.S are man made and a lot of black towns are buried under it. This is why it's important for us as a people to learn about our history and hold on to our lineage so things like this won't happen or wont be forgotten. American has a very dark history they're trying to hide.

[@doolally1478]

Everywhere has their dirty little secrets. A few years ago they found alot of babies skeletons in a covered over bog in Tuam, Ireland.

[@nategwinn9058]

Yeah yeah, thanks for the history lesson. Your medal’s in the mail.

[@saunsiaraybroussard9967]

That's terrible! As a Black woman my heart breaks for the deceased and our families! Our Ancestors deserve better! It would be nice if y'all could find the abandoned Black cemeteries in all 50 states!

[@tyray1331]

I live in Dallas TX and just less than 6 miles about 10 years ago or so from where I'm living and about 3.. from Downtown Dallas there "Was" a Black Cemetery that was dug up & "supposably" was to "relocated". Just for a stupid neighborhood Walmart. But I'm sure they did not do that because most of them where Way Over a hundred years old. There are still a few headstones there.. I believe it's only because those still had living relatives that spoke up for those remains. I too am hurt & angry that this happens way to often to Our People. But I am realist in this situation that "Actually Every Where" we step daily is a gravesite. We just don't it because we didn't hear or see what was there before what we see today. I too believe that a gravesite should be that person's final resting place.. that the dead should not be move. But Biblically, this (earth) ISN'T our final place. And secondly, doesn't the Bible say "Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust"??.. God made man out of dirt. I feel & think it's kinda like "The Circle of Life". We're born, we live, we die, others cry.. but live goes on. PLEASE don't get me wrong.. I HATE THE FACT THAT THIS HAPPENS TO "OUR PEOPLE".. As we have SUFFERED AND ENDURED "SO 🤬 MUCH", Our ANCESTORS DESERVES R.E.S.P.E.C.T💯‼‼❤. But I guess I rather try to focus and remember,, "this place ISN'T our final place". For when that Great Horn sounds.... ALL THE DEAD SHALL RISE!! To met our Creator and to be judged. So I'm choosing to Try to get myself & Soul Right. So when I rise, I won't fall again. Everyone reading this May God Bless you & your loved ones. 🙏🏽💖 60 Minutes- Thanks for Not forgetting MY Ancestors lives.🥰

[@wisenfunny]

This is a shameful thing & those responsible will have to face Jesus Christ on Their Judgement day!!!!!!!🙏🏻 My heart is with all those lost & Yes, all buildings that have more souls buried under them should ALL be Torn Down. Amen 🙏🏻

[@wisenfunny]

@@tyray1331 God bless you as well❣️ ❤️‍🩹🙏🏻

[@BlackGirlLovesAnime6]

“Black woman” 😂

[@wisenfunny]

@@BlackGirlLovesAnime6 What’s the JOKE?

[@jasonrobertson216]

Heartbreaking to think that anyone could do this for any reason whatsoever, horrible - I feel for those people buried there, their friends, and their families.

[@truthbombs5983]

Just look at the history of your people In fact go research how you walk on stolen land

[@jasonrobertson216]

@@truthbombs5983 My people? Scottish & Irish? Or humans, which my people?

[@JohnAnderson-do6vb]

@@jasonrobertson216 legendary comeback brother…

[@judygedmistergaines7578]

ALL PEOPLE THAT THEY DID AND STILL DO HATE AND DISRESPECT !!! 😡

[@judygedmistergaines7578]

@@jasonrobertson216 however I understand your questioning that phrase misogyny the rest of folks do too sad but true🙄

[@ChaChaLaguna]

How sad we treated these graves were not given the respect they deserve. My heart goes out to all that have suffered.

[@elishachoice-cheek1029]

Not respected while living or in death

[@opinionsvary]

In my opinion: They were "forgotten graves" & nobody cared to visit for decades until now. Now they make a big deal about it. Like there couldn't ever be a parking lot or building over a Native American grave. Let's all remember it our way to redefine the moment & bring back 1940s to post modern times. Yeah, that's makes us all get along so much better. Did you see how they went to a confederate cemetery, but failed to mention how most confederates never gotten buried & their bodies picked for whatever anyone wanted to take. Like you wouldn't know how very small & few those cemeteries actually were. Then they contrast it with prominent black people who were given a cemetery to be buried at, but it was taken back. This fails to justify the contrast in the report thereby making it a would be gaslight.

[@kathleenmann7311]

Makes me furious and disgusted 🤬🤮!

[@LilTux]

Whose we? I had no parts of that.

[@whisper2284]

A grave isn’t “forgotten” in the legal and cultural sense when there is a tombstone and associated burial ceremony formally occurred. Whether there is consistency in visitation involved doesn’t determine grave status. What is important here is how do Americans value its dead? More people are buried than cremated in the United States historically speaking. Therefore the expectation is that we Americans observe cultural norms around death. Americans believe in proper burial and building upon a grave site is considered desecration. We must remember that proper zoning and permitting must occur prior to construction. It is clear that the law was not followed in this case. It is disgusting how Americans could do this to their own countrymen. Cruelty and Greed!! It is shameful.

[@joannpreston2999]

This brings tears to my eyes. I can't imagine how I would feel if this happened to any Family member of mine. How utterly horrific ! 😢

[@danwohlslagel1277]

How do you know that it didn't happen? Most people weren't even buried in cemeteries until the mid-to-late 1800s. Do you know the location of all of your ancestors graves? If they were poor or unfortunate it's likely that they were buried in an unmarked grave somewhere.

[@dmsieg2227]

@@danwohlslagel1277 I think of all the people that are buried from one part of this country to the other, the ones that traveled, marked trails, explored, build the railroads, death by other means. Graves that once had wooden crosses that rotted away, once marked by a single stone, who would know that it would be a grave? Do we truly know what we step on or build on?

[@CoolForSale]

As a Black American…this country never ceases to surprise me with its pervasive evil. This is how Black lives are still viewed even in 2022..disgusting. Thank you 60 Minutes for continuing to shed light on the many nefarious American past & present.

[@datuminformatics2847]

Honestly there is no depth to the depravity

[@vintagemotorcyclerepair4052]

What are you doing to make this country better?

[@mickih35]

@@vintagemotorcyclerepair4052 First, ask yourself the very same thing or could it be that someone's truth/opinion makes you feel rather uncomfortable and then ask something really stupid...get offline

[@deniserhynehart6570]

Only in FLORIDA

[@datuminformatics2847]

@mr.spock3335 u folks only have the mindset for destruction then turn around and ask ur victims how they gonna help .. miss us with the bs

[@GOATCANDIDATES]

Nothing surprises us anymore. The hate some people have is mind boggling…. The bad part is that we just scratched the surface.

[@itsjustmet1743]

Oh yes, esp since this had such blasé tone as if the discussion is over nothing serious. Mainstream media does no favors in expressing just how egregious it is.

[@lisabradbury7783]

This doesn't just happen to black cemeterys. I've seen a few old family cemeterys, and native american mounds in my town be mowed over for housing developments. So disrespectful and heart breaking 😢

[@charlesbukenya2054]

For anyone who has ever lost a loved one, this should outrage you. It's so disheartening. From where I come from, we respect those that have passed even when we might not know their names and faces. Because this is an abuse to our common human history. We respect the dead because humanity is what it is today because of the collective contribution of those that lived before us. everyone.

[@crazybarryfam]

Is that why have a history of digging up the dead these last few hundred years in the name of science?

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

To sobriety with it all. 🌉

[@dramese]

When you respect someone in life, you respect them in death

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

@@dramese 👑

[@mastersitorou8289]

Desecration of a corpse is very sickening beyond moral grounds.

[@Taylor-yt8vp]

It’s eerie knowing how many graves they found and the places that lie above them. No one deserves to have their memory forgotten.

[@Mac-ix4qp]

No amount of passive prayer is a substitute for getting to work digging. Hats off to the archeologists for not relying on wishing problems away.

[@OldLadyInFL]

My father was the resident highway engineer for I-126/I-26 in and outside of Columbia, SC. Going out of Columbia, on the right, there is a large cemetery. My father told me that there was a pauper's field in that cemetery, and the graves were supposed to be moved, but they only moved the ones with markers, and many were unmarked. He said there are hundreds of people buried under that road.

[@Theegoaat]

Crazy everyone is just driving right over them.

[@Iang343]

Dam I grew up in Irmo drove over that road everyday for years

[@crystalc5953]

Same happened in Sumter

[@Beltidame]

There’s an area I’m town, Jonesboro GA where Going With Winds”was filmed that I researched after any business could stay open despite how good they were and a lot of fatal accidents oftener happened. A cemetery was there centuries ago.

[@samanthacline1265]

Was this I-26 near Irmo or going south towards Orangeburg? And, it wouldn’t surprise me if Columbia, SC, turned a blind eye on another cemetery. Wasn’t it about 10 years ago when a lost-but-historic black cemetery was re-discovered off of Elmwood Ave near the river? One of the people buried there was the first black person elected to congress! It was right next to a white cemetery, so it was surprising but not exactly shocking that the city just “forgot” that it was there.

[@nikkicornelius279]

This makes my stomach turn and my blood boil. Absolutely disgusting that anyone can treat another human like this but unfortunately not surprising. I hope these souls can rest in the peace they deserve.

[@rgw1380rw]

@@לךתזדיין-פ1ת Did you hear about what White's did to adult POC that they didn't like, plus the kids of those people?

[@frederickgriffith7004]

To think that a people could be hated that badly.I caught the tail end of it as a child in the late 1950s to the late 1960s.It was real and it was systemic.I truly admired how those elders still managed to function and lived their lives the best way they knew how.I could feel their strength but I could feel their sadness.To live in a society that treated them as if they were neither wanted or needed.And to be told whether spoken or implied that even in death they weren't even worthy enough by the powers that be to be buried next to.And sadly there were many instances where all over the country entire Black communities were burnt and razed to the ground.Or flooded by dynamite.And its people chased out of town.Never to return.Many of the cemeteries were left behind.But they were not spared either.There were many of my elder relatives who decided to return with their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to such places.Only to find that it no longer existed on any maps.Or there was simply a marker where the location used to be.If there was an old cemetery to be found,it was completely taken over by the forest.Or paved over with buildings on top of them.

[@miagoodentite128]

Sorry my brother

[@sparklesp9304]

The powers that be in this country wanted us to die off after slavery. It's obvious.

[@TysonB786]

💔..... The worst part is how people tried to keep this unknown.

[@tonyprice2256]

That is what criminals do. They hide their crimes. Doh.

[@calicaliente8430]

IKR. Smdh

[@TheGobblersGetback]

Nah, I think it’s worse that we are not putting the names who 1) Signed off on all of this….2) Not tearing down the sites

[@HI-lq4vl]

And to think, they want to remove American history from schools. Transparency is key, especially when you have nothing to hide

[@TheReelz]

Imagine how many people had to have known this the whole time smh 💔

[@charger2dagame]

Long time Clearwater resident here. As a little girl my grandmother shared these stories with me and informed me of various cemeteries in the area. I also attended that school and swam at the pool, which is now demolished. There are many graves sights through out the area.

[@mekhisharp7843]

It all makes sense now the police there are super aggressive towards blacks and Latinos and its sick in 2022 this can happen

[@solomongamba1091]

Sorry about everything ❤❤❤

[@amykearney8162]

Kendra! You and I used to play pick-up games at the MLK rec center together in Greenwood. Played HS ball together too. I never felt more included than I did running around those streets. Went to Curtis Elementary when it was still there on Greenwood. I'm absolutely heartbroken.

[@createwithkas]

"What I seen with my own eyes" got me in the heart. I can't even fathom this. Burying a loved one to a final resting place only to face such disrespect. Truly shameful. I can only hope the bond between this community was strengthened by their faith and fortified in their endurance through the years 🙏

[@jonrajsl291]

BEWARE OF HURST....... THE END.

[@srlnee6445]

Every animal should be paved over, animals are not worth the pine box let alone land that could otherwise be used to raise a all American human family! I say dump the animals in the ocean and let the sharks take care of that problem!!

[@cindykay1533]

I’m a white woman , but it don’t matter my color , this is not right. I am grateful they are trying to correct it but the hurt will never be corrected for the family’s. Thank you 60 mins for your heart on this matter. And thank you to each member working to make this a better memory.

[@samanthacline1265]

The rediscovery of missing black cemeteries is heartbreaking and enraging. I’m from the South, and this is not the first time a missing black cemetery has been rediscovered after a few decades. The reason this story is getting national attention is because injustices to black communities is currently a hot topic for the media. Nonetheless, everyone deserves full respect in death. Those cemeteries cannot be fully restored, but perhaps a beautiful botanical garden with memorials placed throughout? My heart goes out to the families of those who are descended from the buried.

[@rickyparrilla2426]

Disrespected in life and death. The devil is hard at work but God works overtime all the time. God is looking over those precious souls!🙏🙏🙏

[@karrynlflax5387]

@@rickyparrilla2426 💯🎯🎯

[@marilynclarke6092]

Samantha Cline, you are correct, and it's all because SIN!!! That's called HATRED! Not to mention GREED! Towards a people because of the color of their skin. Yes! I said it.

[@Ravenelvenlady]

Absolutely!

[@charm4050]

This is so sickening and disgusting that someone’s heart could allow them to do this.

[@buckjohnnie2642]

We KNOW who they are. They’ve been THAT way since God kicked their butts outa heaven and sent them HERE to our Earth. I’ll be glad when He Comes and takes’m all back where they came from. 😉

[@WhatHappenedToHollywood]

Why would god send them to earth where his beloved children are

[@brendalewis2431]

WS don't care times Blacks know who their open ememy is and Blacks never had any friends.

[@rubytuesday5567]

MONEY!

[@rubytuesday5567]

@@buckjohnnie2642 Where would that be? I don't think they even know. 😂

[@elizabethtorres6069]

😪😢 My sincere and deepest condolences to the families who's relatives were disrespectfully burried and forgotten. This is just horrible. 😠

[@srlnee6445]

Every animal should be paved over, animals are not worth the pine box let alone land that could otherwise be used to raise a all American human family! I say dump the animals in the ocean and let the sharks take care of that problem!!

[@jimmyconway6080]

@@srlnee6445 especially the hairy ones who smell of dog when their wet and have tails at birth

[@roseroyce15]

@@srlnee6445 you be the first to go

[@srlnee6445]

@@roseroyce15 no, im human!

[@roseroyce15]

@@srlnee6445 nope

[@ddirtdid]

That's so bad, Have always known there’s more to life than meets the eye, I feel like in this life i am supposed to be doing more than i am doing for the people i love. been seeking for an eye opening enlightenment, a way to be more influential, powerful and protected!

[@haynesatteh4463]

oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them

[@ddirtdid]

@@haynesatteh4463 hi, isn't the brotherhood a myth?

[@haynesatteh4463]

@@ddirtdid Well it is not and you can't actually expect it to be open to everyone, but if you want to know more you can look up ANTHONY MARK SZYMON online you will find something interesting.

[@ddirtdid]

@@haynesatteh4463 oh really, i just saw his website, interesting.i will leave him a message.

[@TheBullyMama]

It is absolutely insane to me to think that I went to that elementary school in the 90’s and would have never known. I’m saddened to think that all those people were so blatantly disregarded during construction. I hope Clearwater can figure out a way to respect and honor all those people.

[@GermanShepherdDaphne]

There’s more than just this. All over Fl. They don’t move them, just build over. I live in St Aug and just imagine the bones under these new developments

[@bunnyman6321]

@@GermanShepherdDaphne Damn

[@walterjohnson1740]

Lol when has that ever happened

[@danmagoo]

This is all absolutely commonplace, at pretty much every cemetery except historical sites. I'm surprised that anyone finds this shocking: You actually think you pay a few bucks to the cemetery, and now this one dead body, out of billions who have lived and died, gets to occupy that patch of land exclusively, for all eternity, until the sun explodes in billions of years? Really? That is just NOT how it works. If this bothers anyone, they should please use cremation instead.

[@rhondavroman5191]

I'm so glad this was found and action is being taken. These people DESERVE to be respected, remembered and to rest in peace with the upmost dignity. The lack of humanity is disgusting to those who knew what was happening. YES !! Tear it all down and rebirth the Cemetery for those that were buried there ✨️ Make it beautiful for them...its the only right thing to do !! God Bless them ALL 🙏 ❤️

[@rickhay9782]

Man,this troubles me, I was raised you don't even step on someone's grave...these folks deserve so much more..God bless them, they are in his arms and have been, long before the blacktop was laid.

[@buckjohnnie2642]

But the families of the desecrated are STILL living and see that crap EVERY FKN DAY they go to town.

[@veebee9785]

Far too often, these people telling our stories have done so with a smile....I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE IS SMILING. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HEART BREAKING. Those who purchased the building are given far too much credit for "not knowing bodies were there"!!!!!!

[@augustusb3501]

That's why she has that job, she is just Black looking. Don't get it twisted

[@niffellbique3744]

She is doing so much work towards this topic but she is smiling so shes indifferent?? Like most of these comments are expressing such sadness but outside of watching this video will probably do nothing more, including my damn self. Being sad ain't equal empathy. N don't forget that individuals express themselves differently.

[@fattymoko]

My mothers little infant brother was buried decades ago. Before she died she wanted to visit him. Only to find his grave had been covered by a huge building of crypts. When she questioned the mortuary they said they thought since no one ever came by that the survivors were all dead. Wow. Then we have an infamous old drive in theater that was bulldozed over for eateries and shopping stores. However, before the drive in was created, it was built in top of an old cemetery. Really sad that people don’t even know where their ancestors are buried. Under a drive in and under a shopping center.

[@Oceanbreeze7210]

This is VERY heart breaking. Lord have mercy. How can humans be so cruel. 🥺

[@weirdmatter]

It happens all the time! There's just not enough land, for everyone that dies to be buried. If people were still buried in wood caskets, there wouldn't be anything left of them after two- hundred years. Maybe a greener way is best.

[@shenetheawardlow1033]

It never ever ends. Blacks have been disrespected and disregarded even through death. Final resting place, my goodness may God have mercy on their souls.

[@terriej123]

Capitalism for ya.

[@mmsmart1014]

This is disrespectful because they knew that it was an African cemetery.

[@N4sir98]

This is one of those type of videos where giving it a thumbs-up still doesn't feel right. Giving this video a thumbs-up for going public with this so that the right decision to rectify this difficult can be done - whatever is decided it can not undo the ugly atrocity that occurred. Thank you 60 Minutes for covering this story.

[@j4r3d29]

It’s a thumb. The symbol however can mean “good job” or “yes” or as a type of confirmation toward an action. Quit being so soppy.

[@ftfosama9322]

Damn, I live in Clearwater Florida and knew nothing about this . I’ve been so proud to be from here and now it’s like a slap in the face. I probably have relatives who are buried here and wouldn’t even know because they built over it.

[@Vex808]

I can’t help but cry hearing this. How disrespectful and disgusting this happened. What kind of savage thought anyone would want to live above graves. Shame on the workers too who did this knowing what was happening.

[@sonyasspot355]

This is sickening! I bet this is going on all over the United States. Greed, and not caring at all. Whoever is involved in doing this. Need to be held accountable. Families get together and take that company to court.

[@JamesThomas-dn6ee]

this has happened to all races in America corporate greed for you

[@atlflgirl9634]

Literally every state!

[@JS-zb1vv]

This is all over the world. We will run out if room eventually. And this happens in every state !!! Funny how they never talk about native Americans. This is just for a political narrative.

[@JamesThomas-dn6ee]

@@JS-zb1vv its always has to be about blacks they do not recognize anyone else because it doesn't push the narrative

[@Steve-ti1cu]

Who do you want to be held accountable? Chances are the companies that took part in this atrocity aren't even around no more.

[@DollarScratchoff]

Rest in peace to all the beautiful souls that were buried there. This is heartbreaking to watch, Thank you 60 Minutes!

[@pamtebelman2321]

Agreed!

[@araina5896]

It's hard to digest how these people got treated in death. This country profited off the backs of them and just dismissed them to nothingness- heartbreaking.

[@yunglynda1326]

it's a disgrace

[@dhare07]

What else is new. Might wanna be careful or someone will accuse you of white guilt. Whatever that is.

[@Fuzzamajumula]

They profited off the backs of them in more ways than one.

[@tessaducek5601]

Hidden graves are surprisingly common in the U.S. Major cities including Chicago, Milwaukee, New York and Philadelphia, all have cemeteries that were moved in the late 1800s or early 1900s. In some instances, family members didn’t claim the graves and the caskets were left behind. In other circumstances, workers either missed plots or knowingly falsified records stating the bodies were moved. Either way, parks, museums, schools, and homes were eventually built on top

[@jdebell7068]

That was then,I could care less where my great great grandparents are,this isn't Egypt .here the bones decay to nothing, coffins were pine boxes,nothing left to find

[@TheReelz]

I live there. It’s sickening that this happened. How many people in high places are going to break laws get away with it smh 💔

[@judygedmistergaines7578]

They always have and most likely always will 😤😡😢

[@tonyabooker2640]

Until they meet their Creator. They can't run from Him

[@reillymoore3257]

This is heartbreaking to think of all those families that had loved ones buried there. The ultimate disrespect.

[@vaquera9368]

I know of one right in Camden, New Jersey by our high school. We walked by the cemetery all the time back in the late 70s and early 80s. I remember reading some of the tombstones. Then, they built an apartment complex right on the cemetery! They said they removed the gravesites. I sincerely doubt it and always had.

[@GeneralHawk505]

And currently Camden as far as I know is one of the poorest cities here in America. I used to walk from the PATCO station at City Hall to the USS New Jersey before COVID and the state of the city is sad.

[@vaquera9368]

@@GeneralHawk505 left Camden and the state of NJ in 1987. When I used to go back to visit family and friends in NJ, I was warned not to go into Camden. You just don’t go into Camden. I was surprised when I took a Sociology course this semester and read about Camden in the textbook! Unheard of before. PATCO was always a bad Area even when I was a teenager growing up in the east side of Camden. We never went to that area. Now, all of Camden is in ruins, sadly.

[@bmack8123]

Where was this cemetery in Camden?

[@donnahamilton253]

When I was a kid I used to ride my bicycle in a cemetery near my home in California. 25 years later when my dad passed away we buried him in that same cemetery. My brother and I noticed that there was a whole section that had been cleared out for new gravesites. We asked the undertaker about it. We were told there were never people buried in that section. That was not true. Even though that undertaker may not have known the truth. Leave it to the business of making money and not caring about previous generations buried there in the past. Two years ago I moved to Clearwater. I see these little cemeteries all over the place. I didn’t understand what they were but I know now. Very eye opening program. Thank you 60 minutes for bringing this into the light.

[@dablack12]

you got to fully read the burial contract when you pay for a burial lot ,i was told most of the time your paying to lease that plot of land an normal rate for a big cemetery is for 50-100years or it could be 50 or less years an some cemetery's will have neither a purchase nor a lease contract an they have full ownership over the plot of land you bought . But once the lease time is up the cemetery can remove the body to make room for new ones, or in the case of a no lease contract they can remove it at any time.

[@thatindigenousromaguy8739]

They probably arent all, all black graves. Many people had/have family graves and eventually they get abandoned.

[@donnahamilton253]

What do they do with the bodies after they remove them?

[@melviasheppard8466]

We're always building new homes. We NEVER see new cemeteries 🤔

[@jemelajiminez1736]

God bless those 2 women with the love and care they are treating the beloved ones no longer with us.

[@shawnboswell4879]

It's absolutely astounding the way the African-American community has been treated and was treated. As an African American woman.... Taking a look back at how the United States have traded us, we haven't been worth anything to them since the beginning of time. And now even in death our memory has been covered over by greed and deception. And it continues to this day.

[@dhisufiroafrozenseraphimdragon]

I'm a black woman and want to remind you that the blacks were sold by other blacks as slaves from Africa and we were freed in America. An entire war was fought for our freedom. Don't forget that. God bless.

[@irleandaisley5667]

Well said Shawn Boswell

[@stevec9095]

Slavery in the US was bad but it would have been worse if they had stayed slaves in Africa. They had to go thru the torture here instead and pray for the change to be done. Thankfully everyone has a chance at freedom now.

[@Lilly-leaf]

@@stevec9095 Can you even fathom what it means to have your entire identity stripped away Steve? No name, unknown language, untraceable ancestors/customs.. it's bigger and has a deeper impact then you can ever imagine. I applaud black people from all over the Americas (North/Central/South and the Caribbean) for their resilience and strength in the face of malevolent forces.

[@adelelawal2351]

@@stevec9095 This statement is coming from place of ignorance.

[@HoosierSHU]

Shameful and heartbreaking. These were people. They deserved more respect. I'm glad some groups are trying to do something but it doesn't change the hurt or harm done.😢💔

[@torddavis9221]

Special blessings to all the beautiful spirits working on this project!!

[@rickyparrilla2426]

Yes I agree. Amen!!!🙏 I found this so hard to watch!

[@dianagreene8347]

I believe that this is what happened to my great grandmother, who was buried at "Lincoln Cemetery" in St. Petersburg, FL.(not too far from Clearwater. I have looked for her grave, but can not find it. I get teary-eyed every time I think of her. 😢

[@ronniet71]

Amber Ruffin had done shows integrating topics like these. She spoke of whole black towns killed off and then submerged underwater. There unfortunately, are more bodies to be accounted for.

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

I saw that too! Her segment "How did we get here" Listed over 150 black towns and cities destroyed by "eminent domain", and hundreds more unlisted and never documented other than newspaper articles! I learned just LAST YEAR that an area of Central Park was once a thriving black town! Taken by the government for the Central Park project. Most weren't even compensated for their land!

[@p.m.4820]

@@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066 I have read the same thing about parts of downtown Chicago. There is NOTHING in this hemisphere that these invaders didn't steal.

[@markaddison4642]

In St.louis the river front was all black. Just like New York central Park.

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

@@markaddison4642 I live in Missouri and never knew that!

[@markaddison4642]

@@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066 Yeah, my grandmother was forced out. They turned off the electricity, gas, and water. My grandmother stayed until they poisoned her dog. Hazel Wilson she opened a store on north side close too newsted on 4003 camellia .

[@smallfootprint2961]

So glad to see that there are people working on making this right. I agree with the man who says to tear it down, but it's sad that the company hasn't made the decision to donate the land and the buildings. You know they are able to write it all off and it won't cost them a cent. Thank you, 60 minutes for showing this.

[@alphonserobichaud1278]

It is sickening the way these precious people were treated, it makes me sick.

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

What "precious people?" They're dead, and in pauper's graves to boot. 😂🤣

[@judithmosely5283]

Unfortunately that was the thinking of the times for over 150 years. Blacks were not human enough to be granted dignity. It was taught everywhere...even in the churches and synagogues. Blacks were called half-human savages by Darwin and other people just called them MUD PEOPLE. It was the way of the world all the way up to the 1960s and into the 1970s.

[@kateholland4102]

Yes whether in life or at death every life has the ability to be precious to someone...

[@4runnerchrist]

@@kateholland4102 “were” you mean are.

[@anonymouslee8287]

@@UnprofessionalProfessor Insensitive!!!

[@hannehanskov7560]

I feel so bad for these people,i cant imagine how disturbing it must be to wonder if there are bones if you go and dig in your garden, and what happened to the remains of people you have known. In Copenhagen we got a new metro,one of the stations would be built in the corner of one of the big cemeteries, with only old graves, but the families were contacted and asked if they would give permission to move the remains, every one but one said yes, the station was built and on the area, there are a very nice iron cast fence were that grave still is, it is more than 120 years since the gentleman who rests there died, but I like to look at it when we pass, I think it is a very nice way they have solved it, and i love that the families was asked.before the plans were approved.

[@bordereau1]

Because the cemetery itself was not forgotten. Too many folks try to erase sadness busy not remembering their dead. Cemeteries then get overgrown, fall into disrepair and sink into obscurity.

[@consciouselevators]

This hit me so deep. I played on top of these graves. Unknowingly, the graves of my own ancestors. My entire maternal side is from Clearwater, FL. My great grandmother's grave was relocated during this and it took decades to find out where she was moved to. I always had a bad feeling about that Frank Crum building. I would get the worst feeling in my gut about that place whenever I would pass it. I grew up in Clearwater so this is my home. Now that I have relocated to St. Petersburg, I feel even more saddened and broken to hear another grave site has been discovered at the Tropicana Dome. I have been to visit the Tropicana Dome so many times going on field trips as a child. The Tropicana is where I attended my first year of events to market my business. I paid to do these events on top of more grave sites? This is just evil and wrong on every level. My entire childhood and family history is stained by these actions and I pray that honor and respect is restored to these souls. If they couldn't be treated like human beings alive then at least give them that much dignity after death. When you know better you have got to do better. My grandkids are at least 6th generation descendants of Pinellas County and this is how our history is to be left to them? This is truly heartbreaking on every level 💔 I pray the right thing is done by the people who are affected and harmed by this blatant disrespect. That's a whole lot of hurt and it's going to take a whole lot of healing to process.

[@selenaseibt306]

I hear you! This is an ultimate example of disrespect! My heartaches.

[@consciouselevators]

@@selenaseibt306 💔

[@maclac48]

Well spoken. God Bless U & yours!! 🙏🏿

[@CShells]

I’m so very sorry, friend. I’m just an old white woman who cannot possibly fully appreciate your pain and the pain of thousands of friends and family of these precious people. I was born in 1961, however, and have witnessed many abuses of African-Americans throughout the decades since. It sickened me as a child and it sickens me today. I pray for resolution in this situation, also. Much love and respect. ❤

[@armonrakhman3791]

Hurts to see how this nation treat my people

[@bubblesdelight]

People need to be held accountable for these crimes, sick of hearing about these sorts of things happening and nothing being done. There are people out there that have always known this disturbing secret. Super sad.

[@beverlydixon6556]

THEY WILL B. BUT NOT IN THE WAY WE THINK ✍

[@crystalbrame7886]

@@beverlydixon6556 THAT PART !!! And Don't Think For One Minute The Spirits That Were Not Allowed To Rest In Peace Respectfully Don't Know!! And Aren't Holding Them Accountable!! As Old Folks Would Say Hanks Will Ride You I'm A Firm Believer !!

[@greenpointscorp3946]

No

[@dereksmalls4726]

Just the tip of the iceberg

[@j4r3d29]

The people who did it are probably dead or won’t care, and you can’t change either of those.

[@josephrobichaud5198]

I'm 69 years old and was born and raised in NH. There was not a single person of color in the whole town. We where raised to respect everyone! As my grandad said "there is no black, red yellow, red, white, there's just good people and bad people, they come in all colors!" When I moved to SC in the 70's I was disgusted with what I saw going on there and how I saw people of color being treated for no reason! People in a bar would by some black guy all the drinks he wanted, and take bets on if he got hit by a car crossing a 4 lane busy highway to walk home. I called a realtor about buying home I saw a sign in the yard, he refused to give me any info unless I went to his office. On the way there I passed by the house and the sign was gone. He wanted to make sure I was white and had taken the time to have someone remove the sign until he met me.

[@fredeb67]

Donald Trump and his father Fred C Trump did the same thing and got caught and sued for it.

[@gabron8845]

And know you know a little of our pain. I thank God you had a grandfather who taught you humanity. In God’s eyes we are just humans; don’t understand why others are so cruel.

[@raspberry_dreams]

@@gabron8845 praying God’s healing & protection over you, your loved ones and all black folks. Not all white folks are the same.

[@gabron8845]

@@raspberry_dreams I know whites nor blacks aren’t monolithic. The history speaks for itself.

[@jwb2699]

That's absolutely horrible, I'm thankful in a way not to be born in those times.

[@ronaldbridges1192]

60 min I appreciate the recognition of all this I do not no a person that was buried in these cemeteries but my heart is very heavy right now RIP MY PEOPLE 💪🏾💪🏾💯🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@irlove5279]

We deserve to know all the history good or bad. They complain about CRT but hide stuff like this. Its sick what this country does and how they cover up so much to look good.

[@tspp70]

The Progeny of Emancipated Black 💪🏾🇺🇸 American Freedmen Ethnic Lineages Life Experience on their Ancestors Soil The Founders of Pre/Post USA💪🏾🇺🇸 Izzzzz NOT ANYONES THEORY ‼️ ( book ) “From Here To Equality Reparative Justice Claim For Emancipated Black American Freedmen Ethnic Lineage in the 21st Century” ~ Dr. William A. Darity and Kristen Mullen

[@loualbino5536]

Using history to show hate is also unacceptable. CRT is anti white aka racist.

[@itiswhatitis7474]

I'm speechless. Overwhelmed by emotions.

[@bostonteaparty3926]

Me too, I am in tears.

[@bulklogan539]

Seek help ASAP, don't do anything stupid.

[@ChristianityRecap]

@@bulklogan539you realize the black anthropologist admitted it’s not just black cemeteries, but both white and black, but the only reason she said it’s an issue is because of the slavery past. Such a copout. Such a joke.

[@bulklogan539]

@@ChristianityRecap YES, i realize it, but do you REALIZE the overwhelmed need help ASAP? You have to handle this situation and realize not a whole lot can be done about it? Live your life don't get so down it overwhelms your spirit.

[@ChristianityRecap]

@@bulklogan539 ok thanks

[@TIZNYC]

The disrespect shown to this community throughout history is a stain on American history.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

That disrespect is STILL being shown to them, current events are not history.

[@mrsjkehoe]

Amen

[@riri-tu5oi]

Could not agree more.

[@christinadanielle7303]

@Jim Eagle go ahead and deflect from the atrocities being highlighted here. so typical and expected. go right ahead.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

@Jim Eagle Only when YOU have been subjected to the heinous racist crimes they have, will you have any credibility to speak on how that trauma impacts them for generations to come. Until then, you’re just trying to justify those racist crimes, which makes YOU a racist as well.

[@laquinwalker4169]

When I heard this segment I almost immediately began to think about Rosewood because they never did account for all the missing people but now that I hear this story I believe the bodies were hidden away and buried but just as this has been revealed so it shall be for others.

[@guitarsz]

These ladies are awesome for doing this. God bless them.

[@lightandsymbols1111]

It’s really shocking how evil racism is and how it was practiced by a whole race for centuries. The disrespect for black people even in death is heartbreaking. Undoing the wrongs is vital and all races should be involved in rectifying this problem.

[@sagesufferswell]

It's incredible prevalent still, it's the only reason Trump and the far right are successful. They represent white supremacy and half the white folks in this country refuse to give up their privilege or even admit it exists while fighting constantly to preserve it.

[@susankeith326]

@@sagesufferswell You're exactly right!

[@patriotreno6279]

You mean the Democrats, Racist whites, yes it still goes on so why do Blacks vote for Communist/Democrats. If you learned history right Lincoln the party of Republicans fought and died to free blacks.Now they play you for fools and they spend every minute of everyday blaming there past and present racist title on the Republicans. Wake the f--k up

[@loralarose9615]

People don’t where people are buried there people buried everywhere . It Florida

[@pascoe65]

black's run the city back then but blame the white man .

[@llkaygifts]

This is so sad that my people had to go through countless injustices, it makes me sick to my stomach.

[@tomboydee3326]

Wow I'm so sorry for everyone who was buried ....rest in peace beautiful souls

[@HappyValleyGuy]

People die, they are buried, parking lots go over dead bodies… it happens

[@abbynormal3068]

@@HappyValleyGuy Your “sentiment” is incomplete. It happens to People of Color and the Indigenous.

[@hpqzhpqz9688]

@@abbynormal3068 : Not to dispute your point in this situation, but not exclusively. The body of King Richard the third was found in a carpark when a public works trench was being excavated. They identified him using the DNA of a living relative and other evidence. His body was taken from the battlefield and placed in a chapel yard, perhaps temporarily, to keep it from the enemy, that no longer exists. Bones were found in a cable laying trench not far from my house some years ago. No suggestion it was ever a cemetery or even a settlement. Speculation was it may have been a First Nation persons body. The truth is we all decompose to dust and fade into obscurity quite quickly, lost even to memory, save where some residual representation of us may linger a while in those who knew us or anecdotally passed on by others. Unless an effort is made, often by only one or two individuals in a family, the living tend to be preoccupied with their own lives which is natural enough. I have often wandered among the graves in the cemetery where many of my family are buried. They are memorialised sure, yet remote. I acknowledge the connection to them, but i never knew them or anything about them. Even institutions charged with the preservation of history and publications professing the same are often chastised for laundering the facts and selective bias requiring revision. I have an interest in geology / deep time, almost all of the history of that pertains to the time before even arose as a species. We're a most peculiar animal. As I said, no intention to belittle or diminish your point taken up here by 60 minutes.

[@Mr.Universe]

@@hpqzhpqz9688 you literally just diminished his point comparing the treatment of an entire peoples with some king in another country, what exactly is your point?

[@Ruffrider27]

@hpqz hpqz there is a huge difference in what you are saying. King Richard died on a battle field. His grave was not desecrated. People were looking for his bones and when they were found they were moved. They cemetery he was in was not erased and paved over.

[@megawatercup]

These are among the important topics to be taught to children in school to ensure a heinous action like this never occurs again :( R.I.P. those who had to be an example in death in order to teach the future

[@glorymosbyfloyd3878]

Indeed, Indeed Amen

[@tWz4462]

👍🙏🙏🙏🙏👍

[@Amatullah.574]

Yes just as we have had to learn about the holocaust since entering school. Speak the TRUTH.

[@DomesticArtsDiva]

Unfortunately Florida's Gov.Desantis is trying to pass a law call the "anti-woke" legislation and the aim is to STOP teachers from talking about the unsugar coated version of black history in school and all the atrocities that happened to my black ancestors !😭

[@ginabonina6427]

There was a cemetery in Los Angeles that exhumed bodies from black owned plots, and resold the plots. It was discovered when a family couldn't find their ancestor's grave site. Further investigation found a mound of skeletal remains hidden in a shed at the cemetery.

[@sagesufferswell]

Not surprising at all. Southern California has a quite a history.

[@nowuknow7364]

I believe my grandfather was buried there. The last time my Mom and Aunts spoke about it, they said his headstone couldn't be found and they didn't know what happened to it.

[@amybrooks5226]

@@nowuknow7364 I am sorry . That is so sad. It's worth it to keep on it and find out. Don't let whoever get away with that. Prayers.

[@RevLeigh55]

Disrespected in life and disrespected again in death. Our country is not great. Never has been.

[@shon7425]

Dann

[@artemmandrob]

The past is not over - it is not even past. Those who would restrict the teaching of our history are denying the stories of Americans who lived, struggled and died for themselves, their families and communities. Thank you for telling this history. We must face it - and do much better.

[@irisdeleon6722]

This beyond sad. My deepest condolences to the families.

[@glorymosbyfloyd3878]

Indeed, Indeed

[@jjupiter1218]

Thank you for sharing this story I don’t know how but the lack of general respect we show for other people is disgusting

[@p.c.howard7025]

This is heartbreaking How a society treats their dead tells you everything you need to know about them.

[@mrveee12]

Society has not considered us (black people) their people. We know all we need to know about Amerikkka.

[@janinegrey6937]

I am white and feel the outrage. People deserve respect!

[@marcellespencer124]

@@janinegrey6937 This is absolutely disgusting. Are we all not human SMH. 🙏🏿

[@ckstone5180]

@@janinegrey6937 Why did you feel you needed to point out that you're white?

[@isocarboxazid]

@@ckstone5180 As a black person, there's nothing wrong with Janine Grey's comment.

[@theamerican_insider]

The things America has done to black people can never been forgotten.

[@milkflavored]

As someone who lives in Florida, the horrors that occurred and continue to occur in this state find new ways to impress me. Pure evil.

[@daphnesmith1812]

Same here...at 64 and a Floridian the injustices are staggering...from the school systems to the grave...

[@CN45475]

@@daphnesmith1812 Get over it. I came here as an immigrant with literally nothing and now own a successful business. Stop living in the past

[@zazasnruntz7505]

@@CN45475what’s the past? She said continue to occur meaning it’s happening currently!!! You should be happy you don’t have to experience it because someone has already suffered for you to be able to have the life you have

[@LAmommy]

@@zazasnruntz7505 A-freaking-Men! You are preaching and teaching. Maybe Joel will learn to read a little better or not.

[@robbiesantiago1830]

@@zazasnruntz7505💯🎯 Well said! Then those same immigrants vote for politicians that will undo whatever rights that people fought and died for.

[@howiewill]

Tear it down! I’d be interested in seeing a more in depth investigative crime documentary (like those seen on Netflix) about these cemeteries. Even if it wasn’t against the “law” during that time in my opinion it is against the law of humanity. Greed and hate have many victims.

[@kellyodowd3949]

I agree.

[@mel...s]

What if your house was put over a graveyard? Would u want it torn down?

[@howiewill]

I wouldn’t want to live on a desecrated cemetery so yeah id want my own house to be torn down. Id live in a tent if I had to.

[@robsusername1042]

@@mel...swould you even ask this if the cemetery were white?

[@mel...s]

@@robsusername1042 yes. If we take racism out for just a minute then we'd be able to really think about what happens to burial sites after 50, 60, 100 years. They r usually sold and repurposed. If every grave site were "respected and undisturbed" there'd be no land for the living. When's the last time u visited your great great grandmother's site? There's a good chance it's not there. The only thing that egregious is that the person who owned the land of the burial site, who collected burial fees from families sold it quickly after the last body was buried. That's the egregious part. But if you chose to be buried there's an excellent chance that you'll end up underneath a target, or a subdivision or a highway.

[@Nephlim20]

I live right down the street from these forgotten cemeteries, and I am absolutely appalled, but not surprised that the local city government decided to build over our history. I was extremely familiar with the work of Doctor Antoinette Jackson and her staff at USF in Tampa, but not in Clearwater. This just hits differently!

[@scottyee707]

It happens everywhere, all the time, to everyone..

[@dozzer009]

@@scottyee707 No, I don’t think it does.

[@vickyabramowitz2885]

@@scottyee707 It's time to FREE yourself from your mother's basement.

[@scottyee707]

@@its-all-good Nice buzzwords

[@eckankar7756]

If the cemeteries were that important why didn't someone say something before the buildings were erected? I suspect no one cared enough to speak up.

[@MegaGrownFolks]

So sad….respect goes a long way. The people who did this will reap what they sow. Praying for all families

[@cw4608]

They moved the grave markers and left the bodies? Dear God, what makes people so horrendously callous and uncaring? Love your neighbor as yourself.

[@bucsr.6106]

Money and racism.

[@tobywaller6630]

That’s the plot of Poltergeist

[@eckankar7756]

Reminds me to watch Poltergeist again.

[@ginajust-me2445]

Greed.. And no compassion

[@livylu6287]

Racists… that’s what.

[@lesleyghostdragon3149]

Ugh...This just makes my heart hurt so much. Grateful to those who pursue the truth, even when it hurts. Thank you also, 60 Minutes, for shedding light on this injustice and highlighting poignant comparisons throughout. No motivation can excuse malevolence. We must make amends and do better by our fellow humans, moving forward, together.

[@berktoeppen835]

"F" your racism bs, Black Temple University did the same thing to a white grave sight in PA , tore down over 200,000 head stones and through them in the river side , you can go there and still see them,, they built a sports field over 200,000 graves

[@tommyt1971]

I want to believe something like this is incomprehensible but here we are and of course it went on! This is horrifically amazing.

[@ruthcokerburks]

Along I-429 in Apopka, Florida across the interstate from Orlando Memory Gardens there is a VERY LARGE cemetery that was found by a surveyor. There were at least 2 mass graves.. This information is directly from the surveyor's mouth to my ears. I have told this story many times to many people and not one single person has taken this upon themselves to investigate.. I hope someone will look into this cemetery in the Orlando suburbs.

[@daphnesmith1812]

Wow and Im on State Road 429 all the time..just sad and disrespectful...

[@21kaylanicole]

I’m in Orlando. I want to read more into this. I’m from Baltimore originally and there’s a graveyard similar to this one that homes are built over top and a shopping center! So sad!

[@jemelajiminez1736]

For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light. Luke 12:3

[@kitschypea3884]

My Anthropology professor specializes in finding black cemeteries and was involved in these projects. He also found two of them here in Baltimore. One was under a strip mall.

[@Anthonycapone8146]

It's very sad! I can imagine if that happened to my mother, I would be enraged!!

[@sagesufferswell]

That's so disgusting. I hate how disrespectful some people are.

[@daren5666]

Marylander here! Baltimore was a very Southern city during the Civil War! In Western Maryland many years ago Native American graves were destroyed when a baseball field was constructed!!! That is so disrespectful! GREED! One of the 7 Deadly Sins!

[@susanchalkley9480]

I lived in Baltiimore and my Brothers do still one next to an huge cemetary ..I wonder if that too is/was segregated...in favor, shall we say , of the white.racism is outrageous and cruel after death and of course to the living and the dead.

[@tundrellaCat68]

@@Anthonycapone8146 I asked what would happen if the place where we interred my parents remains went bankrupt. They told me there is a legacy fund that ensures care far into the future. Hopefully it is true.

[@willowwillow1748]

This is so sad and frankly horrific. I weep for my people and all they had to endure. God bless them and their families. Please keep uncovering the injustices and letting the world know.

[@MaynardsSpaceship]

And we're still here. How superior are they if they can't even manage to get rid of us after they stole us?

[@NJgateway]

@@MaynardsSpaceship Sorry to tell you that when the Portuguese bought your ancestors, it was the Chiefs that sold them. Yes, look it up. It was your own people that sold your ancestors into slavery. SMH.

[@NJgateway]

@@MaynardsSpaceship You're talking about the people in the past or the people here now? Slavery was outrageous. But, everyone that is alive now had nothing to do with it and everybody that's alive now never experienced it so stop complaining about it. Blacks are not the only people who are enslaved. There are people enslaved right now in the world.

[@berktoeppen835]

same thing Temple University did to 200,000 graves they through headstones by a river side and built a sports feild over graves

[@bornenemy3453]

@@NJgateway same thing I said about 9/11

[@trinawestcoast8719]

Where my family is from in Louisiana the court house sits on top of the old black cemetery where some of our family members are buried. It’s just horrible, and disrespectful!

[@Tigerwarhawk]

What part of Louisiana? I'm from Monroe.

[@blackqueen164]

Disgusting and Disrespectful! Especially when the Court House is a symbol of continued oppression on our people.😳

[@sparklesp9304]

Of course. It's Louisiana.

[@MarquishaFreeman6043]

@@Tigerwarhawk How is it there? I want to visit.

[@exoticbliss3477]

Yes what part I’m in Shreveport

[@ashiajohnson1740]

God bless these ladies for all their hard ŵork

[@MrSpock002]

My fellow citizens, time is LONG overdue for our nation to conduct a tribunal where all of us hear testimony, see evidence, and conduct investigations to acknowledge and right, if possible and NOT through the tossing of money at, any wrongs such as this. South Africa did this as suggested and conducted by Bishop Desmond TuTu as a means to not only acknowledge the wrongs, but to document and historically capture a dark period. But MOST OF ALL, it was a means for all of South Africans to begin the process of healing. Our Republic needs the same for both our treatment of Africans and Native Americans. The intent is not to inflame hatred but to recognize wrongdoing and take stock in what we have done to correct these injustices. Finally, it reveals also how far we still have to go in becoming a truly united people. Wake Up America!!!

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

I wholeheartedly agree, that’s an amazing idea that I fully support, in fact it should have been done decades ago, but please include Native Hawaiians in there as well, our burial grounds have been desecrated and CONTINUE to be desecrated all the time to this day… and while on the topic of wrongdoings, the US never legally took over The Hawaiian Kingdom, it illegally and fraudulently annexed us, meaning we are not even PART of the US, yet subjected to the same racist cruelty the US subjects it’s minority citizens to still to this day.

[@DCJNewsMedia]

I agree with you. Let the TRUTH which has zero agenda to be but only itself. I have seen wrongs of all people of all colors, nationalities, creeds, and the like... Some were very disappointed greatly in 1 way or the other. Some people think that They white people were treated so great but that's not true... many in poverty, and working class just like black, brown and red shinned people. If you were not in the upper 5 to 10 percent of rich white men...you were not treated good.... but at times better. That is a fact. On the other hand many white working class men were told that they could not be hired because they were white.. which is racist. Fact Why was because they had to hire a certain amount of black folks. So it's a bad deal all around.. It's all wrong. Every man should be treated based on his own merits, values, integrity and such. I hired the most qualified man for the job. Fact. I treat everyone the same. I have heard but whites and Blacks both talk nasty about each other... Why is because of myths and not understanding the difference in culture...same with red and brown skinned people. I am mixed but normally seen as white...I worked in public safety service for 43 years...I have seen a lot. When I say man it means mankind. I pray God will bless us and help us to do better.. This sort of thing has been happening since man set foot on 🌎 earth. But it doesn't have to continue. Ty for sharing.. BTW many old white cemeteries of the depressing Era have been moved and not all got moved or were really done poorly. A grave should be treated with respect always. And not disturbed

[@jusletursoulglobaby]

that will never happen bc it does not benefit or serve the ethos of America. sounds great tho

[@scottyee707]

this happened to far more white cemeteries over the years. America already did that.

[@Take_youre_head_off]

@@jusletursoulglobaby same thoughts. Alot of nasis in government pretending they are not. Klaus Schwab is their leader orchestrating things

[@magicsamart2343]

Sharing this video with friends and family who may not understand the true effects of racism in america is a great way to honor all the people who's resting places were disturbed. Despite violent racism we're still remembering those who no longer have a headstone bearing their name.

[@verlindaallen3335]

This is horrid, horrible, painful. How dare you . These people deserve to be remembered and never forgotten! The longer I live the more I realize just how terrible this world is. I praise God for good people tryingto get these folks forever in a beautiful setting!!

[@jagbrit3723]

This video was about how horrific caucasian Americans are, in Florida, to be precise. We would love to just group it all as a "world" issue, but if we don't acknowledge OUR shortcomings, they will never be fixed.

[@eugenehamby7167]

This was a great story and I thank 60 minutes for reporting on this story a incredible story.

[@tranquility9325]

This brings me to tears... everyone involved in this will pay the price.

[@dmjohnson065]

probably not and you're naïve if you think so

[@petercermak4095]

Sadly, the people involved in the decision making are either very old or dead. 1960 is 62 years ago. Workers and managers then were 24-40 years of age. Doubt that 85 to 100 year old's are going to be found and held accountable.

[@sandrasanders4054]

Trust me they already paying

[@tranquility9325]

@@dmjohnson065 grow up.

[@tranquility9325]

@@sandrasanders4054 I hope so

[@jhOO7]

Wow. What a horrible injustice to the deceased and their loved ones. The city should be sued for their deceit, etc. The old man is right. The business should also sue the city, but out of respect for the families, they should relocate and turn the land back into a cemetery.

[@LumenateTV]

I Couldn't agree more with this statement.

[@scottyee707]

yea lets do for the rest of American too, then the whole place can be a cemetery

[@BuytMee]

My thoughts exactly what O'Neil said about finding bones. "They had to" My condolences and prayers to the deceased, the families and loved ones. May they RIP.

[@edin00056]

Rip 😔😔😔

[@krisdadon6753]

And after all the evil inhumane treatment of African Americans we still continue to treat them horribly! Even the Bible said to stop! Ask anyone that has died and came back will tell you that it’s literally black ppl That control heaven because they are Gods Children.. Give them reparations now!!!

[@theresalennon9940]

My thoughts of RESTING IN PEACE Seems to be IMPOSSIBLE For these people. Just think about the Words " RESTING And PEACE".

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

@@theresalennon9940 i do often. Who's resting? If your resting you r doing it wrong.

[@mecredi73]

As if bigotry and racism isn’t enough. Desecrating people’s final resting place. What a horrific act. The people that did this should be eternally shamed.

[@KristianBurrow]

I’m really sad to hear they paved roads and buildings over these people who just want to be remembered. My heart goes out to them. The injustice has to end.

[@MsJgre]

This is why a critical look into the systematic practice of racism is vital.

[@johhanwindsalor9478]

So... there are laws, currently on the books, that state... very clearly... that this is a practice that needs to happen? **(please cite that)**

[@Hawk8th]

What a powerful coverage, I learned so much.

[@kaynine9]

If this surprises you, you’d be shocked to know what’s at the bottom of lakes all throughout the south

[@sandyallen1523]

If the table were turned I honestly do not think the Black community would do the same thing. Spiritualism is strong in them

[@sandyallen1523]

@Jim Eagle why should I believe you? I didn't see that in this video

[@sandyallen1523]

@Cope More what irony

[@edin00056]

Can we talk privately please 🙏🙏