Barbra A.B. Horrell, co-director of the African American Heritage Trail organization, will be the speaker at the 7 p.m. Jan. 31, 2023 meeting of CoMo Preservation, a group dedicated to preserving historic places and spaces. The meeting will be held in the Friends Room of the Columbia Public Library. All meetings of CoMo Preservation are…
Category: Black History
Kicking off 2023 with historic news flashes
CoMo Preservation, a new historic preservation nonprofit founded in May of 2022 is kicking off a new project. Starting on Jan. 1, 2023, CoMo Preservation will begin CoMo 365, a daily news flash about an event that happened on that day in history in Columbia, Missouri. You can follow along via CoMo Preservation’s new website…
10 historic places highlighted
It’s time for nominations for the city’s Most Notable Properties list and this article in the July 5, 2022 Columbia Missourian. The article highlights 10 properties already on the list. So what is the Most Notable Property list? Any property 50 years or older, with in the city’s corporate limits with architectural or historic features…
Emancipation Day & Juneteenth
So when do we celebrate Emancipation Day and Juneteenth? Apparently, that depends — and depended — on where you were! The State Historical Society of Missouri has created an interactive map showing where and when either or both of these events’ origins and history. A news release from SHSMO states that Aug. 4 celebrations of…
Spotlight: Historic St. Paul AME features a tight-knit community
This package is the result of a partnership between a class at the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism and CoMoHistoricPlaces.com
Meeting May 7 on preserving Columbia history
Interested in finding ways to preserve Columbia’s history? There will be a meeting to gauge interest in starting some kind of group or brigade of folks interested in Columbia’s history, The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 7 in the J.W. “Blind” Boone House. Your interest might be in helping create…
Hidden Black History: Calvary Cemetery
One of the reasons I founded this website is I thought history was being forgotten or overlooked. After nearly a decade, I still find myself being surprised — like when I found this information about Calvary Cemetery, an African American Cemetery established in 1929. It’s another example of how recent institutional racism has existed. A…
Podcast: Black history and the Battles
Did your doctor tell you to get more exercise like mine did? Here’s a 30-minute podcast that will give you time to walk and insight into Missouri’s Black history and even some insider information on two educators well known in Columbia, Eliot Battle and Muriel Battle. Full disclosure: Trevor Harris, who created this podcast, is…
Sharp End explained
Sharp End, Columbia’s Black business and cultural center, was wiped out in the 1960s through urban renewal.
Black History 2022 calendar
2022 Black History calendar for sale, Columbia’s first such calendar.