Center for Missouri Studies to open Aug. 10, 2019. Open to public 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 605 Elm St., Columbia, Missouri.
Category: Black History
5/28/19 News: Tornado, pollution, history comes alive
This week’s news roundup includes news from Columbia, Jefferson City and Kansas City. May 28, 2019 — JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri National Guard Activated to Help with Flood Storms. Source: KBIA. Summary: Gov. Mike Parson has called out the National Guard to help with flooding, tornado damage and severe storms. May 28, 2019 — COLUMBIA — Columbia…
News: Flooding, Salute to Veterans canceled, racial disparity in traffic stops
Did you know you can get this news round-up in your mailbox? Just sign up on the right and an email will be sent to you when I put up a new post. Don’t worry about me using your email again for advertisements. I’m not that tech savvy. Here’s the news: May 22, 2019 —…
Events: Sandbagging, bicentennial, History Comes Alive
Today Wednesday, May 22, 2019 – until? The Rocheport Merchants Association has posted on Facebook that volunteers to help sandbag are being sought. Check out the RMA’s Facebook page “>here. 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2019 — Get involved now, enjoy the Bicentennial in 2021! Right now, the Mayor’s Task Force on the Bicentennial Celebration is making…
Coming up: Listening sessions, a party, cemetery history and state conference
6 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2019, & 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 21 — Boone County is holding listening sessions to get community input for its bicentennial celebration. Here’s a news release about the May 14 listening session to be held in the Centralia City Hall Community Room at 114 S. Rollins St., in Centralia. Here’s a…
Events: Park meeting, preservation, DNA, birthday party and cemetery gets lively
Get out the slow cooker and shuffle your take-out menus, you’re going to be busy this month! 7 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2019 — Columbia City Council is meeting and the expansion of Flat Branch Park is up for discussion. The meeting will be held in Council Chambers at 701 E. Broadway. How’s history connected…
News: Scott lynching re-examined, West Broadway plan push back
April 26, 2019 — An author retraces James T. Scott’s life, ending the silence about her family’s link to his death. Part 1. Columbia Missourian. Summary: Pat Roberts, now deceased, wrote a book about James T. Scott after she learned her aunt was the girl who accused him of attempting to rape her. This accusation…
Book on Columbia lynching victims
I’ve always thought there were many missing stories in the reports about the 1923 murder of James T. Scott who was lynched based on an accusation of attempting to rape a 14-year-old girl. A new book looks at two of the stories: the one about the life of James T. Scott and the one about…
Two surprise news items: Legion of Black Collegians history and Sanborn Field
At MU, in 1950, the first black student was enrolled at the University of Missouri. In 1968, there were fewer than 500 black students there and no black professors at all. That year, the Legion of Black Collegians was launched to support black students Two years prior, in 1948, a fungus was discovered that lead…
Meeting Saturday: Saving my father’s bookcase
On Saturday, April 6, you’re invited to help write Columbia’s action plan for historic preservation at a meeting from 10 – 11:45 a.m. It will be held in the historic J.W. “Blind” Boone House at 10 N. Fourth Street. Free coffee and snacks will start the event at 9:45 a.m. It’s a chance to be heard…
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