Florida’s Capital Faces a Reckoning: Selling Slave Burial Grounds at Tallahassee Golf Course Ignites Outrage

In the heart of Florida’s capital city, beneath the manicured greens of the Capital City Country Club, lies a somber secret: unmarked graves of enslaved people who once lived—and were buried—in bondage on that very land. Now, decades after the site’s painful history was rediscovered, Tallahassee faces a moral and political storm as city officials consider selling this historic property to the private club that has operated there under a nominal lease since 1956. The stakes transcend local politics. This is about respect for our nation’s foundational values—honoring the dignity of every American and safeguarding historical truth from erasure by...