Day in the History of Racial Injustice

Posted byrtsalliePosted inRacial InjusticeTags:,
This South Carolina historical marker was erected on the site of the post office where Postmaster Baker and his family were attacked in 1898.

February 22, 1898 ~ After Frazier Barker was appointed postmaster of Lake City, South Carolina, enraged white people burned his house, fatally shot him and is infant a daughter. His wife and other children were wounded.

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