COLUMBIA â The Community Remembrance Project of Boone County (CRP) said they found the marker on the MKT trail in remembrance of James T. Scott which was forcibly removed on Thursday, according to a news release. I went from shock to disappointment to back to shock, a mixture of sadness, and also a reminder of feeling unsafe, CRP member Brittani Fults said.
As of Friday afternoon, the marker was repaired and replaced on its plaque.
A marker in remembrance of James T. Scott, who was lynched in Boone County in 1923, was forcibly removed. Courtesy of the Community Remembrance Project of Boone County
James T. Scott was the last documented Black man lynched in Boone County, exactly 98 years ago in 1923.
COLUMBIA - Community members and Columbia city officials gathered Thursday afternoon for a soil collection and a rededication of the James Scott memorial plaque, located on the MKT Trail.Â
James T. Scott was the last documented Black man lynched in Boone County, exactly 98 years ago in 1923.
The senior pastor of the Second Missionary Baptist Church where Scott and his family used to worship said it s important to understand our past because it gives us direction for the future.
Scott was accused of assaulting a young white girl. A white mob took Scott from the Boone County Jail and -without a trial- lynched him from what was then the Stewart Bridge over the MKT Railroad.