When a hurricane struck the Florida coast in September 1928, it caused a dike on Lake Okeechobee to fail which resulted in an extensive loss of human life. Of the victims in Palm Beach County, most of the white victims were buried in a mass grave in the prestigious Woodlawn Cemetery. However, segregation laws at the time prevented the burial of Black residents in that cemetery. More than 600 Black and other people of color were interred in a mass grave at the Paupers Graveyard at the corner of Tamarind…
