Black History… Events: Sandbagging, bicentennial, History Comes Alive 22 May 2019 Today Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - until? The Rocheport Merchants Association has posted on Facebook that volunteers to help sandbag are being sought. Check out the RMA's Facebook page ">here. 5:30 p.m.…
Missouri State Historical Society… News: Highlights of Historical Society building and marking ROTC 150th year 14 May 201914 May 2019 May 13, 2019 -- New Historical Society building will connect Missourians to a rich past. Source: Columbia Missourian. Summary: The new headquarters for the State Historical Society of Missouri on…
Black History… Coming up: Listening sessions, a party, cemetery history and state conference 13 May 201913 May 2019 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2019, & 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 21 -- Boone County is holding listening sessions to get community input for its bicentennial celebration. Here's a news release…
CoMo200… News: Parking, protests and event space downtown 7 May 20197 May 2019 Here's this week's round-up of news items that touch on historic places and events. Let me know if I missed something. I keep an ongoing tally of news on the…
Black History… Events: Park meeting, preservation, DNA, birthday party and cemetery gets lively 6 May 20196 May 2019 Get out the slow cooker and shuffle your take-out menus, you're going to be busy this month! 7 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2019 -- Columbia City Council is meeting and…
Black History… News: Scott lynching re-examined, West Broadway plan push back 30 Apr 2019 April 26, 2019 -- An author retraces James T. Scott's life, ending the silence about her family's link to his death. Part 1. Columbia Missourian. Summary: Pat Roberts, now deceased,…
Columbia Historic Preservation Commission… Events: African American newspapers, National Register changes, State preservation conference 29 Apr 2019 Mark your calendar: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 -- The African American Press in Missouri, a lecture about African American newspapers in Missouri. The presentation will be given by Debra…
Black History… Book on Columbia lynching victims 26 Apr 2019 I've always thought there were many missing stories in the reports about the 1923 murder of James T. Scott when he was lynched based on an accusation of attempting to…
Get involved… 1949 and 1959: Photos of Columbia 24 Apr 201924 Apr 2019 Want to see what Columbia looked like to photographers of the Missouri Photo Workshop in 1949 and 1959? I found the images stunning. Photographers come from across the U.S. and…
Black History… Two surprise news items: Legion of Black Collegians history and Sanborn Field 23 Apr 201923 Apr 2019 At MU, in 1950, the first black student was enrolled at the University of Missouri. In 1968, there were fewer than 500 black students there and no black professors at…
