Sugar Land 95 Historical Marker Unveiled on Juneteenth – Covering Katy News
Several elected officials read proclamations or made remarks, including Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers whose precinct includes …
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Several elected officials read proclamations or made remarks, including Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers whose precinct includes …
Read MoreSUGAR LAND, Texas – Seven years after the remains of 95 African Americans were discovered during construction at a Fort Bend ISD campus, …
Read MoreSeven years after the remains of victims of Fort Bend County's convict leasing system were discovered on a site of a future Fort Bend ISD campus, …
Read MoreThe marker, one of 109 in Fort Bend County, represents years of advocacy by community historians like Reginald and Marilyn Moore and a shared …
Read MoreNew 'Sugar Land 95' marker unveiled. According to the Sugar Land 95 website … What's Your Point? What's Your Point? Overtime · Texas: The Issue Is …
Read MoreAccording to the Sugar Land 95 website, the marker notes the 2018 discovery of a cemetery during construction for a Fort Bend ISD building.
Read MoreThe Sugar Land 95 are believed to be inmates forced into a form of post-Civil War slavery, thanks to new state laws and loopholes more than a …
Read MoreThe Texas Historical Commission awarded the marker to memorialize the 95 individuals believed to be victims of a former convict leasing labor program …
Read MoreIn a news release from Fort Bend ISD, the district said members of the Fort Bend County Historical Commission celebrate the new marker for the Sugar …
Read MoreThe event is held in conjunction of the Juneteenth holiday, which marks the occasion when enslaved people in Texas learned that they had been freed …
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