A DAY of REMEMBRANCE - A Black History Month tribute to the Sugar Land 95

1 Fluor Daniel Drive,Sugar Land TX 77478

19 February, 2022

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The Society for the Justice & Equality for the People of Sugar Land (S.O.J.E.S.) is honoring the Sugar Land 95 through a FREE event. The world learned first-hand of the unimaginable horrors of convict leasing on February 19, 2018. That's when a backhoe driver working at a FBISD high school construction site discovered the first of at least 95 human remains of victims of convict leasing in Sugar Land, Texas. Today, these remains are collectively known as the Sugar Land 95. Please join the Society of Justice & Equality for the People of Sugar Land (S.O.J.E.S.) - a diverse, non-profit community organization committed to social justice and equality, especially for the Sugar Land 95 - as it commemorates this discovery four years to the day later through a spectacular, educational tribute to honor the souls lost to convict leasing in Sugar Land. The event is called A Day of Remembrance. A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE DETAILS: TIME: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. DATE: Saturday, February 19, 2022 WHERE: Fluor Corporation, 1 Fluor Daniel Drive, in Sugar Land, Texas, 77478. COST: The event is free and open to all. The event line up is impressive. Award-winning historian Matthew J. Mancini, Ph.D., author of the book One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South: 1866-1928, will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers include Dr. Christie Whitbeck, FBISD Superintendent, and Ken DeMerchant, Fort Bend County Precinct 4 Commissioner. Additional guests, speakers and performances will take place. To reserve your seat to A Day of Remembrance, please click here.To learn more about S.O.J.E.S. and the A Day of Rembrance program, please visit sojesjustice.org