Historic Black Gulfport cemetery may get restorations if budget item is approved

Historic Black Gulfport cemetery may get restorations if budget item is approved

A historic Gulfport cemetery may benefit if lawmaker’s proposed state budget is signed into law.  The century-old Black cemetery could receive hundreds of thousands of dollars for repairs after a history of neglect.  The cemetery was created as a result of Jim Crow-era laws creating segregated cemeteries.  Clarence Williams is the chairman of the Board of Cross & Anvil Human Services of St. Petersburg.  “There were non-integrated cemeteries all …