Unidentified Bodies in Historic Texas Cemetery and Rediscovering Forgotten Black Towns of Houston.
During the construction of a new school in Sugar Land, Texas, human remains were discovered, believed to belong to Black prisoners who worked and died on local sugar plantations during the convict leasing era. Reginald Moore, who had been pushing the City of Sugar Land to acknowledge its not-so-sweet origins for years, had warned officials about the possibility of unmarked convict graves in the area. Despite his persistence, his warnings and requests were often dismissed. The bodies have yet to be identified, and the story continues in Episode 2 of "Sugar Land," an investigative podcast series.
