FLDOS Zion Cemetery Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Antoinette Jackson
Publication Date
Summer 2025
Date
2025-05-22
Abstract
Ruth James Alaya discusses her family history and her father, James Allen's, legacy as a World War II veteran who worked in a shipyard. Alaya suggests converting Zion Cemetery into a memorial center to honor the buried individuals.
Keywords
Zion Cemetery (Tampa Fla.), Florida. Department of State, James Allen, Hazel Mason, Laura Allen, George Allen, Families--History, Memorials, Buchanan Baptist Church (Tampa Fla.), World War II
Extent
00:19:32; 9 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_1007
Recommended Citation
Alaya, Ruth Jean, "Ruth Jean Alaya Oral History Interview" (2025). FLDOS Zion Cemetery Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project. 8.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/zion_oral_histories/8
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