How to Honor an Ancestor: Fulton Courthouse, Callaway County, Missouri

Travel to the Fulton Courthouse in Callaway County, Missouri and learn about one of the most troubling events in the state’s history, and a decades-long effort to right historic wrongs. Hear the story of Celia, an enslaved teenager who in 1855 was convicted and executed for murder, after daring to fight back against sexual violence.

Learn the story of Celia’s descendants, and people across Missouri who have banded together to press for justice for Celia, to finally, 169 years after her death, secure her a historic pardon.