Bill Text: TX HR217 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Honoring the Convict Leasing and Labor Project for its contributions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Considered in Calendars [HR217 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR217-Comm_Sub.html
86R17018 KSM-D | |||
By: Reynolds | H.R. No. 217 | ||
Substitute the following for H.R. No. 217: | |||
By: White | C.S.H.R. No. 217 |
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WHEREAS, The Convict Leasing and Labor Project is dedicated | ||
to documenting the history of forced labor in our country by working | ||
to educate the public about abuses under slavery and convict | ||
leasing; and | ||
WHEREAS, In Fort Bend County, CLLP has been active in | ||
addressing the legacy of the convict leasing system, which replaced | ||
slavery as a means of exploitation and repression; CLLP activist | ||
and historian Reginald Moore played a key role in the discovery of | ||
the skeletal remains of 95 African Americans, identified as victims | ||
of convict leasing, who were interred in unmarked graves on a | ||
property owned by the Fort Bend Independent School District in | ||
Sugar Land; and | ||
WHEREAS, CLLP is working with the school district and the | ||
City of Sugar Land to develop an appropriate memorial for these | ||
victims of convict leasing; in addition, the group is seeking to | ||
establish a permanent museum of slavery and convict leasing; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through its tireless efforts, the Convict Leasing | ||
and Labor Project is helping to uncover a chapter of our state's | ||
history that has been too long ignored or forgotten; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the Convict Leasing and Labor Project for | ||
its exceptional contributions and extend to its members sincere | ||
best wishes for continued success in their endeavors; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |