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…
Category: Black History
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.
First Black History Calendar
Columbia, Missouri’s first Black History calendar is available.
Marking history: Freddie Lee Hayes, first Black graduate of Missouri School of Medicine, died
In 1958, Freddie Lee Hayes became the first Black student to earn a four-degree from the Missouri School of Medicine, according to a notice of his Oct. 16, 2021 death in the Columbia Missourian on Nov. 3, 2021.