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    Caged Bird
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Jan 1, 2021
    • 0 min

    Caged Bird

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    Her Struggle, Our Justice
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 0 min

    Her Struggle, Our Justice

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    History Exposed: From Convict Leasing to Mass Incarceration (12/3/20)
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    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,...
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    Whose Right to Vote?
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Oct 22, 2020
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    Whose Right to Vote?

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    History Exposed: Questions beyond the Sugar Land 95 Report (10/23/20)
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Oct 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Whose Labor Day?
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Sep 7, 2020
    • 0 min

    Whose Labor Day?

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    What's in a Name? Why Calling the Sugar Land 95 Site 'Bullhead Camp Cemetery' Erases History
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Sep 7, 2020
    • 10 min

    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...
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    History Exposed: "This is a Man's World": Women in Texas Prisons (07/17/20)
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Jul 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
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    CLLP Confirms Passing of Founder Reginald Moore
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Jul 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
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    History Exposed: How Emancipation Didn't Mean Freedom (06/19/20)
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Jun 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    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?...
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    Sugar Land 95's descendants deserve a voice
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Nov 21, 2019
    • 2 min

    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:...
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    CLLP calls on FBISD to cancel Blessing Ceremony
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Nov 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Nov 12, 2019
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Nov 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Forced prison labor during the Revolutionary War
    Convict Leasing and Labor Project
    • Nov 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    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...
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    The Convict Leasing and Labor Project is a 501-(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing the history of the convict leasing system and its connection to modern prison slavery while restoring the dignity of all victims of forced labor and their descendants.

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