A group raising awareness about an 1896 lynching at the corner of Broadway and 11th Street is seeking an official apology from the Columbus Consolidated Government.
The two black men killed at the intersection were Jesse Slayton and Will Miles, both in police custody for alleged offenses against white women. They are buried in unmarked graves at Porterdale Cemetery, according to community organizers.
At a recent meeting of Columbus Council, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said the memory of the lynching “sickens the soul,” but she declined to issue an official apology and council took no action.
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