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Alonzo Tucker was an African American boxer and owned a gym in Coos Bay, Oregon. He was accused by Mrs. Dennis for assault. After the lynching, Dennis and her family quickly left town and headed to California. Tucker is the only documented lynching of a black man in Oregon.
Learn about the 1902 lynching of Alonzo Tucker, a Black man accused of sexually assaulting a white woman in Coos Bay, Oregon. Explore the historical context, the soil-collection ceremony, the historical marker, and the campaign for true justice.
Learn about Alonzo Tucker, Oregon's most widely documented African American lynching victim, who was killed in Coos Bay in 1902. Find out how the community honored his memory with a soil-collection ceremony, a historical marker, and a call for true justice.
21. Feb. 2020 · They hung Alonzo Tucker, already dead from multiple gunshot wounds, from a bridge in Marshfield, now Coos Bay. It is the only documented racial lynching in Oregon history.
5. März 2020 · Alonzo Tucker was a Black boxer who was lynched in Coos Bay in 1902 after being accused of assaulting a white woman. A recent ceremony honored his memory and collected soil from the crime scene for display in museums.
By using his story and this idea of historical repair to end the death penalty in Oregon, we can bring Alonzo Tucker’s memory a semblance of redemptive justice–the kind of justice that redeems our pain, our wrongdoing, and our stories.
18. Juni 2021 · In Oregon, lawmakers voted unanimously in 2021 to recognize the day as a state holiday starting in 2022, but Black Oregonians have been celebrating their freedom since the beginning, Zachary...
