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Interviewer
Antoinette Jackson
Publication Date
Summer 2025
Date
2025-08-11
Abstract
Barbara Sorey-Love discusses her upbringing in Clearwater, Florida. She highlights her education at Williams Elementary School and Pinellas High School, and the founding of the Clearwater Heights Reunion Committee. The committees’ efforts led to the investigation of the St. Matthew Negro Cemetery and North Greenwood Cemetery. Barbara highlights the importance of community involvement, the impact of Jim Crow laws, and the ongoing efforts to preserve and honor African American history and cemeteries.
Keywords
African American Burial Grounds Project (AABGP), Jim Crowism, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, St. Matthew Negro Cemetery, Zion Cemetery, Whispering Souls African American Cemetery, Historic preservation, Clearwater Urban Coalition, Pinellas High School
Extent
00:42:06; 18 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Clearwater (Fla.); Clearwater Heights (Clearwater, Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2025
Type
Article
Media Type
Oral history
Format
Digital only
Identifier
A67-00015
Recommended Citation
Sorey-Love, Barbara, "Barbara Sorey-Love Oral History Interview" (2025). African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project. 16.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/african_american_burial_grounds_ohp/16
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