Alcolu in Clarendon County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
George Stinney, Jr.
October 21, 1929 - June 16, 1944
Photographed by Mark Parker, April 6, 2024
1. George Stinney, Jr. Marker
illegally executed by South Carolina
Conviction vacated by court order
Dated December 16, 2014
A.N.D. June 2014
Erected 2014 by A New Day.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Law Enforcement. A significant historical date for this entry is June 16, 1944.
Location. 33° 45.941′ N, 80° 13.939′ W. Marker is in Alcolu, South Carolina, in Clarendon County. It is at the intersection of Sumter Highway (U.S. 521) and Brogdon Road, on the right when traveling north on Sumter Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6812 Sumter Highway, Alcolu SC 29001, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee and in Santee Cooper Country. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ox Swamp (approx. 4 miles away); Pleasent Grove School (approx. 4½ miles away); Manning Schools (approx. 4½ miles away); Hanna Levi Memorial Library / Manning Library (approx. 4.8 miles away); Manning Training School (approx. 4.8 miles away); Pond Bluff to St Stephens (approx. 4.9 miles away); Ambush at Half-Way Swamp (approx. 4.9 miles away); Trinity A.M.E. Church (approx. 4.9 miles away).
Regarding George Stinney, Jr.. Stinney was the youngest person with a known birthdate executed in the United States in the 20th century. Stinney was buried by family in an unmarked gave. The memorial is a cenotaph.
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1. . The Manning (S.C.) Times coverage of the memorial unveiling.
Monday marks the 70th anniversary of the day that George J. Stinney Jr. was led to Old Sparky and executed for the murders of 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker and 8-year-old Mary Emma Thames. He had been arrested for the murders a little more than 80 days earlier.(Submitted on August 1, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)
Stinney's second-cousinsand other supporters came together Saturday at a home at 6812 Sumter Highway to dedicate the monument.Photographed by Mark Parker, April 6, 20242. Wide view of George Stinney, Jr. CenotaphMemorial is at the corner of a private residence on Sumter Highway. Safer pulloff is on Brogdon Road.
2. Family of South Carolina Boy Put to Death Seeks Exoneration 70 Years Later. New York Times coverage of the hearing to clear Stinney's name.
After South Carolina electrocuted George J. Stinney Jr. in 1944, his family buried his burned, 14-year-old body in an unmarked grave in the hopes the anonymity would allow him to rest in peace.(Submitted on August 1, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)
But on two mornings this week, nearly 70 years after the electrocution that ultimately made Mr. Stinney, a black teenager in the segregated South, the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century, lawyers and spectators crowded into a courtroom with a very different agenda: shedding enough light on the case to try to clear Mr. Stinneys name.
3. It took 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. It took 70 years after his execution to. Washington Post coverage of the Stinney exoneration. (Submitted on August 1, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 303 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 1, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
