TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Tallahassee City leaders advanced a potential sale of the Capital City Country Club.

The City had been leasing the club to the current operators for decades, but now, they want to buy it from the city for $1.15 million.

However, the golf course is home to dozens of unmarked graves of Black slaves.

There’s concern that the city can protect those graves while it owns the property, but they could be destroyed or developed over if the city sells.

City Manager Reese Goad indicated a possible solution would be to use deed restrictions.

Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox said not protecting those graves would be a dealbreaker, calling for permanent protections to ensure the cemetary will be preserved forever.

The reason for the potential sale - the operator needs a

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