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On September 18, 1902, the only lynching ever to be documented in Oregon occurred in Coos Bay, of Alonzo Tucker. He was accused of raping a white woman and escaping from jail. According to newspaper accounts, Tucker was discovered by two young boys who began shooting him with airguns.
- September 18, 1902; 121 years ago
Alonzo Tucker: The Story. On February 29, 2020, a crowd of 200 gathered in Coos Bay for a soil-collection ceremony near the spot where 28-year-old Alonzo Tucker was killed. The soil was collected from three locations and each bit of soil told part of Alonzo Tucker’s story. First Batch.
21. Feb. 2020 · The subsequent inquest determined that Alonzo Tucker came to his death “at the hands of parties unknown” -- even though it was actually well-known around town who participated in the mob action....
Alonzo Tucker, lynched, not forgotten in Oregon - YouTube. KOIN 6. 403K subscribers. 287 views 1 day ago. ...more. Taylor Stewart started the Oregon Remembrance Project "to memorialize a man...
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For three years, ORP worked with the community of Coos Bay, OR to memorialize Alonzo Tucker, Oregon’s most widely documented African American victim of lynching, who was lynched in Coos Bay on September 18, 1902. In February 2020, a crowd of 200 gathered in Coos Bay for a soil-collection ceremony near the spot where 28-year-old Alonzo Tucker ...
5. März 2020 · Several hundred people gathered in Coos Bay last weekend to remember Alonzo Tucker, the victim of the only documented lynching in Oregon.
26. Juni 2021 · On September 18, 1902, a white mob lynched Alonzo Tucker, a Black man in Coos Bay, then called Marshfield. The day prior, Mr. Tucker had been arrested and placed in jail after being accused of assaulting a white woman near the 7th Street Marshfield Bridge. As news of his arrest spread, a white lynch mob formed.
