SUGAR LAND, Texas -- Originally planned for the spring semester, Fort Bend ISD had to put a public memorial ceremony for the Sugar Land 95 on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. "In the meantime, we ...
SUGAR LAND, Texas — A painful period in Texas history was the focus of a Juneteenth ceremony in Sugar Land. It was held to honor the 95 people found buried at the site in 2018. The Sugar Land 95 are ...
SUGAR LAND, Texas — The lives of 95 convict laborers forced to work on Fort Bend County plantations after the Civil War will be forever memorialized historical marker telling their story. Their ...
A rendering from the proposed memorial for the Sugar Land 95. Fort Bend ISD is considering a formalized agreement with the Friends of the Sugar Land 95, a nonprofit, to access more funding for a ...
Fort Bend ISD trustees unanimously voted Monday to partner with Friends of the Sugar Land 95 to obtain more funding and support for the Sugar Land 95 Memorial Project. In 2018, Fort Bend ISD ...
Fort Bend County Commissioners voted Thursday to contribute $1.5 million in park bond funds to the construction of the Sugar Land 95 Memorial. In 2018, while in the process of building a new school, ...
SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- Some protesters are calling for the bodies of 95 African-Americans found at a Fort Bend ISD construction site to be DNA tested. Half a dozen demonstrators yelled, "Test the ...
According to the Sugar Land 95 website, the marker notes the 2018 discovery of a cemetery during construction for a Fort Bend ISD building. 31,515 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...
Fort Bend commissioners voted to invest county parks bond funds in the historic Sugar Land convict lease labor cemetery. The total project cost is $4 million.