On July 4, 1845, Tucker was assaulted by a white laborer, Nicholas Wood. He defended himself while retreating up Illinois Street, after which Wood and two other white men beat Tucker to death while a crowd gathered to watch.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The story of a Black man beaten to death in Indianapolis in a racist 1845 lynching is now part of the city’s cultural trail in the form of a historical marker.
The marker describing John Tucker’s slaying was unveiled Saturday by state and local leaders and members of the Indiana Remembrance Coalition, today!
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