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Confederate statue haunts Blacks in Mo. town Its place on a private plot in a public cemetery is at the heart of the debate.
By Eric Adler Kansas City Star March 7, 2021 5:53pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Although she is 70 years old, Theresa Byrd can still feel the sting of growing up Black in Liberty, Mo. forced in the era of legal segregation to walk away from the white elementary school just blocks from her home to the Garrison School for Black students nearly a mile away. In my route, Byrd recalled, I went up through town and frequently I was ridiculed, or relegated off the sidewalk, told to get in the street, called the N-word, was spat at.
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An abomination : Group offers $10,000 to remove Kansas City-area Confederate statue Eric Adler, The Kansas City Star © Jill Toyoshiba/The Kansas City Star/TNS Theresa Byrd of Liberty, 70, leads the group Clay Countians for Inclusion. The group is willing to pitch in $10,000 to help with costs to rid Fairview& New Hope cemeteries of a Confederate monument that has stood since 1904. Opponents argued that because the monument is not a grave marker with names, it can be removed.
Although she is 70 years old, Theresa Byrd can still feel the sting of growing up Black in Liberty, Missouri forced in the era of legal segregation to walk away from the white elementary school just blocks from her home to the Black Garrison School nearly a mile away.
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