Pierce City receives unwanted attention

The quest of a St. Louis man to have his grandfather's remains moved from a grave in Pierce City to Springfield has hit the national wires.
Earlier this month, I wrote about Charles Brown's discovery, while working on genealogy, that all of the African-Americans in Pierce City had been run out of town following the lynching of an African-American in 1901.
Brown's efforts to have his ancestor's remains moved and the problems he ran into with Pierce City officials were covered locally by the Springfield News-Leader and Monett Times, but a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story moved on the wires Tuesday, so more attention is likely to be paid to Pierce City.
If you recall, U. S. Rep. William "Lacy" Clay, D-St. Louis, has filed a bill asking that a commission be formed to explore the removal of African-Americans from a number of southwest Missouri towns, including Pierce City, Webb City, Aurora, and Cassville, and is asking that reparations be paid to the descendants of those who were mistreated during those instances, which took place between 1894 and 1901.