Lawyers push for removal of Missouri courthouse murals

Thursday, September 16, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo.-- Two lawyers are demanding the removal of two courthouse murals in Columbia showing a white man pointing a gun at a Native American man, shirtless Black men chained by their ankles, and white men being hanged and whipped.

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