Article: Lake City Post Office Renamed, Dedicated in Honor of Frazier B. Baker

Frazier Baker

Article: Lake City Post Office Renamed, Dedicated in Honor of Frazier B. Baker

2/23/2019

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The Associated Press presents a 2019 article, written by Shamira McCray, about the renaming of the Lake City, SC post office. According to the writer, the post office was renamed to honor Frazier Baker - the first Black postmaster in Lake City, South Carolina - who was fatally shot, along with his infant child, while other family members were wounded in a 1898 racial terror attack. The article includes quotes and reflections from Baker's great niece, Dr. Fostenia W. Baker, Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC), and Darryl Martin, the United States Postal Service’s District Manager for South Carolina.

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