Sugar Land 95 Virtual Exhibit
Honoring the lives and legacy of 95 individuals discovered in unmarked graves at a former sugar plantation and prison farm in Sugar Land, Texas.
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Sugar Land 95 Virtual Exhibit Website | Remembering Their Legacy
Sugar Land 95 Virtual Exhibit Website | Remembering Their Legacy
SL95 Virtual Exhibit | LinkedIn
SL95 Virtual Exhibit | LinkedIn
SL95 Virtual Exhibit | 16 followers on LinkedIn. Dedicated to creating a virtual showcase of SLTX for educational purposes | The Sugar Land 95 is a historic cemetery where 95 individuals were buried, believed to be a part of a convict-leasing program that began in the late 1800s. This site was discovered during the construction of the James Reese Career and Technical Center. The Sugar Land 95 Virtual Exhibit is an FBISD-wide student-led project that aims to memorialize the horrors of the convict leasing system by taking visitors on a tour through the lives of the laborers.
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A group of Fort Bend ISD high school students is building a 3D virtual exhibit aimed at preserving the history of the Sugar Land 95, African American laborers who died in Sugar Land under Texas’s post-Reconstruction convict leasing system.
What is the SL95 Virtual Exhibit Project?
What is the SL95 Virtual Exhibit Project?
Sugar Land 95 History | Ahnaf Yasin | Substack
Sugar Land 95 History | Ahnaf Yasin | Substack
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