Kansas City Erects First Memorial To Remember A Victim Of Lynching

Levi Harrington was lynched on April 3, 1882 in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri.

That may seem like a long time ago, but in those 136 years, the aftermath of racial terror lynchings reverberate today. That's why lynchings - and Harrington - are being remembered in Kansas City this weekend.

The story of Levi Harrington provides a compelling example of how racial terror lynchings were routinely carried out prior to Jim Crow.