RICHMOND, Texas (Covering Katy News) — The Fort Bend County Commissioner’s Court voted Thursday to contribute $1.5 million in park bond funds toward construction of the Sugar Land 95 Memorial, honoring 95 individuals whose remains were discovered in 2018 at a Fort Bend ISD construction site.
The remains were found while workers were building the James Reese Career and Technical Center. Experts determined the individuals were Black men imprisoned under a convict leasing program following the abolition of slavery during the Reconstruction period.
Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers and his office worked with Fort Bend ISD to bring the inter-local agreement to fruition…