‘This is our home’: Texas farmers fight efforts to seize land handed down from enslaved ancestors
to expand U.S. 183 from four lanes to 12 in November 2019. The agency said a study would address mobility and safety concerns linked to population growth and increased traffic.
For Black farmers to make a living in the late 1800s and early 1900s, they had to live far outside of town. They also had to work together with their white neighbors. One thing was consistent across Black farm settlements: They dedicated land for schools, Fly said. Educating future generations was vital to the newly emancipated settlers.
“That’s among one of the incredible findings about my great-great-grandfather,” Alexander-Kasparik said. “Every facet seems to show the ancestor’s perseverance; it is important to the community, city of Austin, state of Texas and the nation.”
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