A historic African American cemetery in north Houston was left in disrepair more than a year after Hurricane Beryl. Downed trees are still there, and some are on top of tombstones.
The cemetery was established in 1930. Debra Blacklock-Sloan, member of the Harris County African American Cultural Heritage Commission, said it is filled with educators, businessmen, and politicians.
“I think about what the people who are buried here, (and) what they did for this city. We’re standing on their shoulders,” Blacklock-Sloan said…