COLUMBIA, MO. -- A new Columbia exhibit honors an African-American man who was lynched 88 years ago.

The display titled, “A voice silenced, the James Scott lynching in 1923”, is on display at Columbia City Hall.

The exhibit is available for viewing during regular business hours.

Pictures tell Scott’s story of how he was arrested and charged with assaulting a young white girl in the spring of 1923.

Before he was able to stand trial, a lynch mob broke into his jail cell and marched him through Downtown Columbia.

The mob hung Scott from a bridge on Stewart Road near Columbia Cemetery.