TAYLOR, Texas — In the city of Taylor, hundreds of African American grave sites have gone without headstones for decades. Now ...
A monument has been erected to honor about 450 Black people buried in unmarked graves at the Taylor City Cemetery.
The city unveiled a monument dedicated to honoring the unmarked gravesites belonging to about 750 Black residents.
the cemetery had become overgrown, and Scott’s mildewed headstone had nearly fallen over in the uneven earth. Historic Sacred Spaces - a new nonprofit working to preserve Beaumont’s Black ...
Taylor, TX, recognized unmarked graves of Black citizens at the local cemetery, signaling a move toward acknowledging its ...
An estimated 450 Black people are buried in unmarked graves in the northwestern part ... "In loving memory of our citizens whose memorials have been lost to time." The bottom of the slab has ...
TAYLOR — On a recent gray day with a cold wind blowing, Ernest Rector looked over a mostly empty plot of land dotted with a few headstones at the ... An estimated 450 Black people are buried in ...