Roxboro in Person County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Lynching of Edward Roach
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 22, 2021
1. The Lynching of Edward Roach Marker
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The Lynching of Edward Roach. . On the afternoon of July 7th, 1920, Ed Roach was lynched by a mob of approximately 200 white terrorists. He was wrongly identified as the person who attempted to assault a young white girl. He was arrested and taken to jail. A mob gathered at the jail, brought him to Shady Hill Baptist Church (across the road), lynched him with a chain and riddled his lifeless body with bullets. No one was ever prosecuted for this crime.
On the afternoon of July 7th, 1920, Ed Roach was lynched by a mob of approximately 200 white terrorists. He was wrongly identified as the person who attempted to assault a young white girl. He was arrested and taken to jail. A mob gathered at the jail, brought him to Shady Hill Baptist Church (across the road), lynched him with a chain and riddled his lifeless body with bullets. No one was ever prosecuted for this crime.
Location. 36° 21.496′ N, 78° 58.746′ W. Marker is in Roxboro, North Carolina, in Person County. Marker is on Old Durham Road (County Road 1700) 0.1 miles south of Walker Nelson Drive, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1538 Old Durham Rd, Roxboro NC 27573, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Additional keywords. Acts of terrorism, racial terrorism, Jim Crow era
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 22, 2021
2. The Lynching of Edward Roach Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 442 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
