W. E. Green Reports on Emancipation Day, Moberly, Missouri · Friday, August 10, 1934

W. E. Green, the Negro owner of Lockwood Field in Moberly, has recovered from an illness. He reports that the Emancipation Day celebration at Lockwood Field had over 100 paid admissions. More than $300 was spent at Moberly merchants for supplies used during the event. Additionally, about 100 Moberly African Americans were employed for the day.

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The Moberly Monitor-Index and Moberly Evening Democrat Moberly, Missouri · Friday, August 10, 1934. Newspaper made available courtesy of The State Historical Society of Missouri.

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