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On This Day in History (July 10th, 1907)
Imperial Sugar & Co. signed a contract with the Texas State Penitentiary to lease convicts as a cheap labor force. If the name Imperial...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Jul 10, 20222 min read
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Jan 1, 20210 min read
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Dec 18, 20200 min read
History Exposed: From Convict Leasing to Mass Incarceration (12/3/20)
According to the ACLU, the U.S. makes up about 5% of the global population but nearly 25% of the world’s prison population. As of 2015,...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Nov 29, 20202 min read
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Oct 22, 20200 min read
History Exposed: Questions beyond the Sugar Land 95 Report (10/23/20)
In 2018, 95 remains of African American convict leasing laborers were unearthed during the construction of Fort Bend Independent School...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Oct 19, 20201 min read
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Sep 7, 20200 min read
What's in a Name? Why Calling the Sugar Land 95 Site 'Bullhead Camp Cemetery' Erases History
Introduction The Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD) recently released a report regarding the “Sugar Land 95,” a document which...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Sep 7, 202010 min read
History Exposed: "This is a Man's World": Women in Texas Prisons (07/17/20)
Just like the slave system it replaced, convict leasing entrapped women as well as men. Dr. Theresa Jach explores the lives of women in a...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Jul 14, 20201 min read
CLLP Confirms Passing of Founder Reginald Moore
It is with a heavy heart that CLLP confirms the passing of our founder, Reginald Moore. We ask that you respect the privacy of the family...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Jul 4, 20201 min read
History Exposed: How Emancipation Didn't Mean Freedom (06/19/20)
What happens when emancipation doesn’t mean freedom? What are the oppressive histories that our history books failed to provide us?...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Jun 16, 20201 min read
Sugar Land 95's descendants deserve a voice
We came across this 2012 piece in the New York Times that offers some interesting perspectives on the treatment of unidentified remains:...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Nov 21, 20192 min read
CLLP calls on FBISD to cancel Blessing Ceremony
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jay Jenkins, Vice-President Phone: (515) 229-6928 Email: jjenkins@texascjc.org Sugar Land, TX – The...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Nov 14, 20192 min read
Rice University to archive CLLP files
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jay Jenkins, Vice-President Phone: (515) 229-6928 Email: jjenkins@texascjc.org Houston, TX – The Convict...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Nov 12, 20191 min read
CLLP: FBISD must stop using unauthorized use of Reginald Moore's image to whitewash narrative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jay Jenkins, Vice-President Phone: (515) 229-6928 Email: jjenkins@texascjc.org FBISD Served with Cease and...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Nov 8, 20192 min read
Forced prison labor during the Revolutionary War
Turns out convict leasing has a Revolutionary War-era ancestor. As hundreds or even thousands of enslaved people began running away to...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
Nov 7, 20191 min read
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