Historic burial grounds spark tension in Grand Prairie amid development concerns

There's growing tension in Grand Prairie between the NAACP and a property owner over what's buried in the ground near Mountain Creek Lake.

There are handed-down accounts that former or freed slaves are in unmarked graves on land where there are concerns that a new property owner could try to build on.

It was the sight of bulldozers and storage containers next to a historic Black cemetery where Angela Luckey has relatives buried that recently got her attention.

"It's covering up the graves that, as a young girl, I used to come out and visit my ancestors with my great-grandmother," said Luckey. "And so it's not fair to be able to see trash bins, for construction on human remains."

Luckey, who heads the Grand Prairie NAACP chapter, said it is widely known among Black residents of the city