History

A new exhibit at the Bastrop County African American Cultural Center tells the stories of families descended from local freedom colonies, which were founded by formerly enslaved people after emancipation.

The Bastrop Museum and Visitor Center is collecting tattoo stories from current and former residents until June 9.

One parcel of land is all that's left of the more than 150-year legacy of the St. John Regular Baptist District Association. A $6 million project hopes to renew the mission that's been a cornerstone of the church since 1867.

Until recently, the cemetery, which dates back to the 1800s, had been used as an illegal dumping ground for construction materials.

In 1983, UT Austin buried a time capsule in a park that was eventually plowed over to build the Dell Medical School.

The museum on the UT campus underwent renovations over the past year and will now be known as the Texas Science and Natural History Museum.

Bethany Cemetery was founded in the late 1800s when the segregated section of the nearby city-run Oakwood Cemetery no longer offered burial space for Black residents. Today, community members help preserve its legacy.

As archeologists uncover more graves, a new person is added to the team — one who specializes in studying human remains. After a few months, she thinks she knows who these people might be.

After years of planning, contractors finally break ground on the site of a new school in Sugar Land. But the very next day, someone shows up with a warning: Be on the lookout for bodies.

DAWA is hosting a SXSW event called Vision:8291 to elevate and direct resources to Black, Indigenous and people of color in Austin.