TAYLOR, Texas — In the city of Taylor, hundreds of African American grave sites have gone without headstones for decades. Now ...
A monument has been erected to honor about 450 Black people buried in unmarked graves at the Taylor City Cemetery.
The community of Taylor, Texas, came together on Saturday to unveil ... American Burial Section is a reclaimed site at Taylor City Cemetery dedicated to honoring what was once a segregated area ...
Taylor, TX, recognized unmarked graves of Black citizens at the local cemetery, signaling a move toward acknowledging its ...
Taylor, Texas, has unveiled a monument honoring Black residents whose graves remained unmarked for more than a century.
Ernest Rector, 96, poses at his home in Taylor, Texas, on Monday, January 28, 2025. In the old black section of the Taylor City cemetery, Rector has relatives buried in unmarked graves.
TAYLOR — On a recent gray day with a cold wind blowing, Ernest Rector looked over a mostly empty plot of land dotted with a few headstones at the Taylor City Cemetery. The 96-year-old pointed to ...