1908 Race Riot
Marker 4
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Eleventh and Madison - Area of Scott Burton's Lynching
On August 15, 1908, at about 2:00 A.M., the mob reached the home of Scott Burton. The fifty- six year old black barber tried to escape out a side door of his home, but was overtaken and pummeled unconscious by the mob. He was then dragged to Twelfth and Madison and hanged from a dead tree in front of a saloon. The area, known as the Badlands, suffered major damage including the destruction of forty black homes and businesses.
The fifth marker is located at Fourth and Monroe.
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