In 1897, President McKinley appointed Frazier Baker as postmaster of Lake City, South Carolina. However, to no surprise, local whites objected the act and set out on a mission to force his removal from the position. The McKinley administration appointed hundreds of blacks to postmaster across the Black Belt. A boycott of the Lake City […]

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