Resource Type

[Reginald Moore with a Historical Marker]

Photograph of Reginald Moore standing next to the Texas State Historical Marker for the Texas Prison System, State Farm Main Building in Sugar Land, Texas. The Central Unit building, a white three-story building, with "Central Unit" written above the top window, is visible in the background.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a McDonald's Sign Reading "Mayor Lee B Is the Man."]

Photograph of a McDonald's sign with the text, "Mayor Lee B is the Man" and there are Lee Brown campaign signs in the flower bed under the sign.
Date: 2000~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lee Brown and Kathy Whitmire Outside a Building]

Photograph of Lee Brown and Kathy Whitmire posing for a picture outside a building with several uniformed police officers in the background. Brown is wearing a police uniform and Whitmire is wearing a skirt suit with a bow at the neck.
Date: May 10, 1982
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph at the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Conference]

Photograph of Lee Brown, Harold Johnson, and another man wearing a military uniform at the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives [NOBLE] conference. The men are sitting at a table and there are several microphones between Brown and the military officer.
Date: 1991~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lee Brown with George H. W. Bush]

Photograph of Lee Brown, George H. W. Bush, and an unidentified man standing in an office around a desk. There is an American flag behind George Bush and a large framed photograph on the wall behind the men.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Reginald Moore with the Central State Farm Prison Sign]

Photograph of Reginald Moore standing next to the sign of the Central State Farm prison in Sugar Land, Texas. The sign reads, "Central State Farm; Prison Property Do Not Enter Authorized Visitor Only; Propiedad Del Estado No Puede Entrat Sin Authorizacion Solamente Visitantes Authorizados."
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reginald Moore Next to the Central State Farm Prison Mural]

Photograph of Reginald Moore standing next to a mural, "Central State Farm 1953" depicting three-story, white building with several black cars parked in front. The text is written above the building in yellow.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reginald Moore in Front of Prison Buildings]

Photograph of Reginald Moore standing in front of the main buildings of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The buildings are white and there's an unidentified woman standing near the historical marker in the left side of the photograph.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bill Martin with the Central State Farm Sign]

Photograph of Bill Martin standing in front of the brick sign for "Central State Farm" in Sugar Land, Texas. The sign has a small red plaque warning the area is private property in both English and Spanish.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Searcher's Desk Building at the Central Prison Unit]

Photograph of the Searcher's Desk building on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The building is white and the doors is flanked by two large paned windows. The text above the door reads, "Searcher's Desk; Dorms 9-11; Dorms 1-8."
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Windham School and Library Building]

Photograph of the Windham School and Library building on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The building is a white, single-story building with a mural of the state of Texas overlaid with the Texas flag on the left side of the building.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Dining Facility at the Central Prison Unit]

Photograph of the Dining Facility building on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The building is viewed through overgrown metal scaffolding and is a white, single-story building.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas]

Photograph of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. A guard tower is in the left side of the photograph and the white Main Building is visible in the background.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Main Building at the Central Prison Unit]

Photograph of the main building and guard towers at the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The white main building is in the right side of the photograph and there are two guard towers visible on the left side of the photograph.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Memorial Plaque for Dave Nelson]

Photograph of a memorial plaque "to the memory of Dave Nelson" on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The text on the plaque reads, "May 24 1936 to the Memory of Dave Nelson Courageous Leader in Prison Improvement True Friend of the Prisoner This Tree is Dedicated by the Inmat[es] [..]."
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Central State Farm Sign]

Photograph of the brick wall signage for "Central State Farm" in Sugar Land, Texas. There is a red warning under the "Central State Farm" text stating the area is private property in both English and Spanish.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Hallway at the Central Prison Unit]

Photograph of an interior hallway at the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The walls appear to be sheet metal and wooden supports, and there is a metal walkway down the right side of the hallway.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Distribution Center at the Central Prison Unit]

Photograph of the Distribution Center on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The building is red and has a loading dock across the width of the building.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reginald Moore Next to a River at the Central Prison Unit]

Photograph of Reginald Moore standing next to a river on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Reginald Moore Touring a Prison Cell]

Photograph of Reginald Moore touring a prison cell at the closed Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. Moore is pointing to a faded mural or drawing on the wall to his right.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Dirt Road Between Corn Fields]

Photograph of a dirt road between two corn fields on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. The road leads to a row of trees with a small columned building visible through the trees.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Mural at the Central Prison Unit]

Photograph of a black and white mural on a short wall depicting scenes of farm work and a railroad with the text, "1840-1906; The Cunningham Raw Sugar Mill and Refinery; Convicts helped create a company town."
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Large Red Building]

Photograph of a large, two-story red building viewed from the side on the grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Prison Grounds of the Central Prison Unit]

Photograph of a road and grounds of the Central Prison Unit in Sugar Land, Texas. There is a guard tower on the right side of the road, and there are several houses and a row of telephone poles on the left side of the road.
Date: 2016
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History