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Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news June 10, 2023 - 10:10 pm

Margaret ‘Sis’ Vinegar memorialized with community gathering, historical marker in Lawrence

by Maya Hodison

Margaret ”Sis” Vinegar, like countless other Black girls and women of her day and beyond, never saw justice during her short life. But she is now memorialized in Lawrence’s history with a marker, dedicated in her honor Saturday evening.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news June 10, 2022 - 10:46 pm

Marker dedication pays tribute to 3 Black men lynched 140 years ago in Lawrence

by Tricia Masenthin

A ceremony Friday on the north side of Lawrence City Hall honored the lives and memory of three Black men who were murdered by a white mob atop the Kansas River bridge on June 10, 1882.

Molly Adams/The Lawrence Times
Lawrence news June 7, 2022 - 3:07 pm

Events, including dedication of new marker, to recognize 140th anniversary of lynching of 3 Black men in Lawrence

by Maya Hodison

A local coalition hopes to provide an avenue for community reconciliation with an often untold history as this week brings the 140th anniversary of the lynching of three Black men in Lawrence.

Community Voices December 31, 2021 - 3:22 pm

Kerry Altenbernd: We must face up to vile racist incidents and discrimination in Lawrence (Column)

by Kerry Altenbernd

“The ‘Free State Narrative’ is toxic to understand what really happened in Kansas and obscures how much the state did not live up to its purported openness and tolerance,” Kerry Altenbernd writes in this column.

Conner Mitchell / The Lawrence Times
Lawrence news July 19, 2021 - 4:51 pm

Work begins in Oak Hill Cemetery to pinpoint grave sites of Black men lynched in 1882

by Conner Mitchell

Though a final answer is likely still a few months away, work began Monday to solve a question that originated just over 139 years ago: where are the three Black men lynched in Lawrence in the summer of 1882 buried? One Kansas researcher is using ground penetrating radar technology to find out.

Mac Moore
Lawrence news May 22, 2021 - 9:39 pm

John Brown had powerful enemies during his lifetime and still does today, speaker says at Lawrence Times party

by Mackenzie Clark

Despite pouring rain for most of Saturday, dozens of community members stopped by The Lawrence Times’ party at South Park. Kerry Altenbernd spoke on abolitionist John Brown, among other attractions.

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