2nd & Wall

on 4. 15. 1903, residents gathered in downtown Joplin Missouri to Lynch a young black man.

on 6. 15. 2020, residents gathered in downtown Joplin Missouri for a solidarity walk to remember this event and many more recent ones. They gathered to recognize an ongoing systematic injustice and the desire to change it.

This post includes photos from the event, as well as a new song and interview from local band “Blister Soul”, whose aptly titled “2nd & Wall” is dedicated to fighting racism.

2nd quarter 2020Mark NeuenschwanderJune 16, 20202nd & wall, Joplin Missouri history, joplin mo, Missouri lynching, joplin solidarity walk, black lives matter

Black lives MATTER

For so long you said "We better because of your skin."
Then you said "We hate you because of your skin"
Now you say "Allow amnesia to take its toll and forget you have melanin."
In other words, "Forget the history of your kin."
Bang bang another casualty

A poem by a local African American, articulating what many of us are trying to understand
+ new art series and accompanying thoughts by the artist and the toad editor

Mark NeuenschwanderJune 2, 2020I can't breathe, black lives matter, protests, Joplin missouri, police brutality, racism

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