Shelby County, Kentucky marker remembers lynching victims
Shelby County first in Kentucky to install marker remembering lynching victims The markers remember six Black men who were killed by lynch mobs from 1878 to 1911 in Shelby County. Author: Dennis Ting Updated: 6:03 PM EDT April 12, 2021 SHELBYVILLE, Ky. — Three blue and gold markers are now standing in downtown Shelbyville to remember several lynching victims killed more than a century earlier. "I've lived here all my life," Paul Schmidt said. "I had not heard of them. And I was embarrassed and ashamed and didn't know how to talk about them." The markers remem...
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