Enrique A. Cordero

Racism is so pervasive and insidious that it has become a systemic illness that slowly erodes the health of our society. Learn why and...

The sites studied were not, in general, as decorative and seemed at times austere when compared to the Italian monuments. The differences...

From the 1900s onward, the burial site markers become huge and often very elaborate, clearly displaying the social position of...

Our journey continues with a brief survey of those cemeteries within a two-mile radius of Ybor City. They are the Oaklawn Cemetery ,...

Thus, in an effort to fight this sense of finitude, we “immortalize” ourselves by erecting long-lasting monuments...

Regardless of simplicity or complexity, the resting places of humanity eloquently depict the cultural changes that have occurred...

Ybor City became an isolated town due to cultural differences from the Anglo population in Tampa. This situation created a problem...

I turned my attention to those that left us a legacy of hope—a light to push back the encroaching darkness then came across a name...

We learned in Part 2 of this series that the Italians first arrived in Florida with the Spanish explorers during the 16th century...

In 1821, after the acquisition of Florida from Spain, Andrew Jackson established a territorial government. The state now became...

The 16th century is marked by discovery as well as by savagery. The European ships landed in Florida around 1513, in an area...

Have you ever wondered what Florida looked like thousands of years ago? Let us travel back in time to the Pleistocene Epoch.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Yoruba people of Nigeria.