Gravestone finally to be placed at burial spot of Milwaukee s only lynching victim
George Marshall Clark, killed in 1861, buried at Forest Home Cemetery Share Updated: 6:36 PM CDT May 13, 2021
Gravestone finally to be placed at burial spot of Milwaukee s only lynching victim
George Marshall Clark, killed in 1861, buried at Forest Home Cemetery Share Updated: 6:36 PM CDT May 13, 2021
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Show Transcript 160 YEARS. BUT AS KENT WAINSCOTT REPORTS, THAT WILL SOON CHANGE. KENT: AMONG THE HEADSTONES BEARING SOME OF MILWAUKEE’S MOST FAMOUS NAMES IS THE GRAVE OF SOMEONE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY HISTORY, GEORGE MARSHALL CLARK, THE VICTIM OF MILWAUKEE’S ONLY LYNCHING. BUT CLARK’S GRAVE WAS NEVER MARKED. I THOUGHT IT WAS APPALLING. HOW DOES SOMEONE DIE LIKE THAT AND THEN THEY’RE JUST FORGOTTEN? KENT: TYRONE RANDLE SET OUT TO ENSURE PEOPLE REMEMBER CLARK AND HIS STORY. ACCUSED IN 1861 OF A MURDER HE DIDN’T COMMIT, CLARK WAS TAKEN BY A MOB