New Marker Recognizes ‘Despicable’ Side of Boone County History
Ceremony memorializes lynching of Black teen George Bush from the Boone County jail 134 years ago. From 1865 to 1950, thousands of lynchings occurred throughout the country. At least 68 lynchings of Black people were documented in Missouri. Two of those crimes — “the most public and violent form of racial terrorism“ — happened in Columbia, […]
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