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The battle to approve a historical marker in Sherman, where a horrifying lynching was followed by a devastating riot in 1930, echoes the controversial push in Texas to limit the teaching of racism in public schools.
The battle to approve a historical marker in Sherman, where a horrifying lynching was followed by a devastating riot in 1930, echoes the controversial push in Texas to limit the teaching of racism in public schools.
<p>Local historians and activists want the town of Sherman, TX to place a historical marker at the site of a riot in which a Black man was killed and the courthouse burned down. </p>
George Hughes, the riot of 1930: Quest for Texas historical marker takes shape
Herald Democrat
A Grayson County historian is working to memorialize one of Grayson County s darkest days, nearly a century later. Efforts are underway to have the Sherman Riot of 1930, in which a Black man was lynched and Black-owned businesses were destroyed, recognized with the Texas Historical Commission.
Melissa Thiel, a masters graduate from Texas Women s University, is the woman behind a proposal to have a state historic marker erected at the Grayson County Courthouse to recognize the killing of George Hughes and the destruction of the former Grayson County Courthouse and nearby businesses by a mob in 1930.