San Benito unveils monument to honor Black families 

SAN BENITO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In honor of Black History Month, a memorial was unveiled Saturday morning commemorating the Valley's first Black community.

The granite monument was created to honor 559 Black pioneers in San Benito, who lived in the area during the first half of the 20th century.

"Their names will always be here and people will always come here and see their names and speak their names and they will never be forgotten," said Sandra Tumerlinson, treasurer of the San Benito Historical Society.

The group said other minority groups are also part of the city's history. They added the monument for the Black community is paving the way for other monuments to be created