She read Ash’s book and couldn’t believe she’d never heard about the incident, so she started the process of creating a historical marker to commemorate what had happened. First, she got the local chapter of the NAACP involved. They agreed to sponsor and pay for the marker. Then, Aluko submitted an application to the Tennessee Historical Commission, an organization whose mission includes marking “important locations, persons, and events in Tennessee history.” What came next was a months-long debate over what to name the violence.