TBLC Genealogy Librarians & Archivists 2022 Meetup

Discovering, Recording, and Preserving African American Records.

Presenter: Dr. Antoinette T. Jackson is a USF Professor and Chair of the USF Department of Anthropology. She is the Principal Investigator for the African American Burial Grounds & Remembering Project: Living Communities Challenging Silenced Histories in Florida. Dr. Jackson is the founder and director of The Black Cemetery Network, a nationwide effort to support research, advocacy, and collaboration among those who work with local black cemeteries in the United States.

Presenter: Paul Guzzo is an award-winning documentarian and Tampa Bay Times journalist. As the Times culture reporter with a focus on Tampa history, Guzzo set into motion the re-discovery of numerous forgotten, ignored, and erased black cemeteries throughout Tampa Bay.

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