The Brief
- The Clearwater Community Redevelopment Agency approved a $7.5 million settlement last week with human resources firm FrankCrum over a historic Black cemetery.
- More than 300 graves remain beneath the company’s headquarters, despite a 1998 agreement stating the remains had been removed.
- Descendants and community leaders want answers and a say in the cemetery’s future.
CLEARWATER, Fla. – A $7.5 million settlement is bringing a three-year legal battle over a historic Black cemetery in Clearwater closer to an end, while questions remain about hundreds of graves buried beneath a local business.
Clearwater cemetery legal dispute
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The Clearwater Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) unanimously approved the settlement with human resources firm FrankCrum on October 12.…