FLDOS Zion Cemetery Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project
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Alternative Title
Dr. Kristen Davis Johns Oral History Interview
Interviewer
Antoinette Jackson
Publication Date
Summer 2025
Date
2025-05-06
Abstract
Dr. Kristen Davis Johns shares her family history, including her parents' origins and her connection to Zion Cemetery through her great-great-grandmother, Anna Wyche. She recalls growing up in Tampa, attending schools like Potter Elementary and Williams Middle Magnet School, and attending Mount Calvary Church. Dr. Davis Johns emphasizes the importance of preserving Zion Cemetery for historical recognition and future generations.
Keywords
Zion Cemetery (Tampa Fla.), Florida. Department of State, Genealogy, Urban redevelopment, Families--History, Anna Wyche, Geraldine Twine, Memorialization, Preservation, Death certificates, Church of God in Christ, Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Extent
00:21:57; 13 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2025
Media Type
Oral history
Format
Digital only
Identifier
zion_oral_histories_1004
Recommended Citation
Davis Johns, Kristen, "Kristen Davis Johns Oral History Interview" (2025). FLDOS Zion Cemetery Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/zion_oral_histories/5
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