Community advocates continue to call for action over Zion Cemetery in Tampa

The once-forgotten Zion Cemetery has always remained at heart for Jeraldine Williams.

She's a direct descendant of someone buried at Zion.

That's my blood that's out there, said Williams. Those bones represent who I am."

WATCH: Community advocates continue to call for action over Zion Cemetery in Tampa

It's a story ABC Action News has followed for years.

Just this past February, the community witnessed the dedication of the Zion Cemetery historical marker, standing as a symbol of remembrance and justice for Tampas first African American burial ground.

"100 years ago, this was a cemetery for over 800 black people, said Fred Hearns, the President of the Zion Cemetery Preservation and Maintenance Society. In the late 1920s, people in the city of Tampa, city officials, as well as private