The riders began at the iconic Ready Chapel A.M.E Church, where the announcement of slavery ending was first read, and would make stops along the way to see historic spots significant to African American history.
It would conclude at Houston's Emancipation Park, where Commissioner Ellis and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who sponsored legislation to have the route named the Emancipation National Historic Trail, Additionally, Harris County, with help from the County Engineering Department and the Harris County Toll Road Authority , are making significant investments through inclusive transportation, such as $53 million for a HCTRA plan to add 236 miles of trailways throughout Harris County.
"Like emancipation, inclusive transportation is a slow-moving wave," Commissioner Ellis said. "And though we are free from slavery, we are not free from oppression. We are not free from structural racism. We are not free from policies that continue to decentralize, dehumanize and demoralize our communities."
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