TEXAS CITY — Miles inland from Galveston's beaches and colorful vacation homes, a group of Black men dribble and jump on a covered basketball court, aiming for a chain-link net.
Carver Park in Texas City, created during segregation, is considered the first African American county park in the state. It sits on land donated by descendants of freedmen who survived slavery and pioneered one of Texas' oldest Black settlements, the footprint of which sits just a few blocks away.
