On St. Catherine Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on St. Catherine Street.
John R. Lynch turned to writing in his later years and wrote the Facts of Reconstruction in 1913. He completed his autobiography Reminiscences of an Active Life when he was 90, two years before his death in 1939.Lynch invested . . . — — Map (db m115927) HM
On Courthouse Square at U.S. 31, on the left when traveling north on Courthouse Square.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, at least 6,500 African Americans were victims
of lynch mob violence in the United States. After the Civil War, an
ongoing commitment to white supremacy led to organized resistance to
Black . . . — — Map (db m207065) HM
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between the Civil War and World War II. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism used . . . — — Map (db m132071) HM
On North 1st Street at Locust Street, on the right when traveling north on North 1st Street.
Lynching in America.
Thousands of Black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate . . . — — Map (db m116817) HM
On Woodward Street at Huntsville Avenue on Woodward Street.
Lynching In America.
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate . . . — — Map (db m101159) HM
On South 9th Street south of Avenue A, on the left when traveling south.
Lynching in America
After the Civil War, the ideology of white supremacy led to violent
resistance to equal rights for Black people. Lynching emerged to enforce
racial hierarchy through arbitrary and deadly violence that terrorized
all . . . — — Map (db m176380) HM
On East Lafayette Street at South Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on East Lafayette Street.
Lynching in America
Between the end of the Civil War and the close of World War II,
white mobs killed thousands of Black Americans in racial terror
lynchings, and committed widespread violence that traumatized
millions more. The Lowndes . . . — — Map (db m235867) HM
On West Hickory Grove Road, 1.3 miles east of Route 97, on the right when traveling east.
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to . . . — — Map (db m97983) HM
On Church Street near South Royal Street, on the right when traveling west.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of at least 6,500 Black people in the United States between 1865 and 1859. After the Civil War, many white people remained committed to white supremacy and used lethal violence . . . — — Map (db m202593) HM
On Main Street (Alabama Route 119) at Shelby Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were lynched in the United States
between the Civil War and World War II. Lynching, a form of racial
terrorism used to intimidate black people and to enforce white supremacy,
was most . . . — — Map (db m151279) HM
On 6th Street at 28th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 6th Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between the Civil War and World War II. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism . . . — — Map (db m144735) HM
On West 12th Street at Westpark Drive, on the right when traveling west on West 12th Street.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching between 1877 and 1950 claimed the lives of
thousands of African Americans and created a legacy of injustice
that can still be felt today. Following the Civil War and the premature
end of . . . — — Map (db m211279) HM
On West 6th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West 6th Street.
Lynching in America
Following the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for Black people and an
ideology of white supremacy led to racial terrorism not only in the South, but across the United States. Lynching emerged as the most . . . — — Map (db m243303) HM
On Larimer Street, 0.1 miles west of 14th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Lynching in America.
Racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950 claimed the lives of thousands of Black people and terrorized millions more who were denied equal protection under the law. After the Civil War, white resistance to equal . . . — — Map (db m236319) HM
On Northeast 14th Street, 0.1 miles north of Northeast 8th Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Lynching in America
Between 1882 and 1930, Florida had one of the highest per capita lynching rates in the United States, with Alachua County ranked near the top. After the Civil War, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution . . . — — Map (db m207585) HM
On Winona Drive at North Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Winona Drive.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism used to intimidate . . . — — Map (db m211856) HM
On Doyle Carlton Drive at West Laurel Street, on the right when traveling south on Doyle Carlton Drive.
Lynching in America
Between 1877 and 1950, thousands of African-Americans were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States. Florida had one of the highest per-capita rates of Black victims lynched by white mobs, including . . . — — Map (db m206382) HM
On East Gaines Street at South Meridian Street, on the right when traveling east on East Gaines Street.
Lynching in America
Between 1877 and 1950, thousands of African Americans were victims of mob violence and lynching across the United States. Following the Civil War, white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for African Americans and . . . — — Map (db m186412) HM
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Street just north of 2nd Avenue South, on the left when traveling north.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between the Civil War and World War II. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism . . . — — Map (db m180045) HM
On Fruitville Road (Florida Route 780) at Bearded Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling west on Fruitville Road.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynchings between 1865 and 1950 claimed the lives of at least 6,500 Black people and terrorized millions more. Racial hierarchy persisted after the Civil War and Emancipation, resulting in disenfranchisement, . . . — — Map (db m246801) HM
On Oakdale Road NE at South Ponce De Leon Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Oakdale Road NE.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of thousands of African
Americans between 1877 and 1950. Following the Civil War, white
Southerners sought to uphold an ideology of white supremacy and
used fatal violence . . . — — Map (db m185921) HM
On North McDonough Street north of Trinity Place, on the right when traveling south.
Lynching in America
Following the Civil War, violent resistance to rights for African Americans, a need for heap labor, and an ideology of white supremacy led to fatal violence against Black women, men, and children. Thousands of Black . . . — — Map (db m245402) HM
On West Maple Street (Georgia Route 20) at Veterans Memorial Boulevard (Georgia Route 9), on the left when traveling east on West Maple Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were the victims of racial terror lynchings
in the United States between 1877 and 1950. After the Civil War,
violent resistance to the equal rights for African Americans and an
ideology of . . . — — Map (db m171844) HM
On Roy Street Southwest east of Windsor Street Southwest, on the left when traveling east.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, thousands of Black people were victims of lynching across the United States. Following the Civil War, many white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for African Americans and sought to uphold an . . . — — Map (db m227409) HM
On Thompson Avenue west of Main Street (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling west.
Lynching in AmericaBetween 1865 and 1950, thousands of Black people were victims of lynching across the United States. Following the Civil War, many white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for African Americans and sought to uphold an . . . — — Map (db m227407) HM
On Warren Way south of Headland Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Lynching in America Between 1865 and 1950, thousands of Black people were victims of lynching across the United States. Following the Civil War, many white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for African Americans and sought to . . . — — Map (db m227408) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.5 miles east of Roswell Road, on the right when traveling east.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of thousands of African
Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt
today. After slavery ended, many white people remained committed
to racial hierarchy . . . — — Map (db m171842) HM
On North Perry Street (Georgia Route 20) at Lawrenceville Highway (Georgia Route 8), on the left when traveling south on North Perry Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were victims of lynching in the United States between 1865 and 1950. During this era, lynching emerged as the most notorious and public form of racial terrorism, used to enforce racial hierarchy and . . . — — Map (db m197693) HM
On Washington Street (U.S. 60) at 5th Street, on the left when traveling west on Washington Street.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching between 1877 and 1950 claimed the lives of thousands of African Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt today. Following the Civil War, fierce resistance to equal rights for . . . — — Map (db m203123) HM
On Prospect Square just south of Washington Street, on the left when traveling south.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching between 1865 and 1950 claimed the lives of thousands of African Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt today. Following the Civil War and the premature end of . . . — — Map (db m236875) HM
On West McKinsey Road, 0.1 miles east of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard (Maryland Route 648), on the right when traveling east.
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate . . . — — Map (db m225927) HM
On Courthouse Court at Bosley Avenue (Maryland Route 45), on the left when traveling south on Courthouse Court.
Lynching in America
At least 6,500 Black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1865 and 1950. After the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for African Americans and an ideology of white . . . — — Map (db m174864) HM
On Elgin Road (Maryland Route 109) just north of Fisher Avenue (Maryland Route 107), on the right when traveling south.
Lynching of George W. Peck
January 10, 1880.
George W. Peck, a 22-year-old Black man who lived and worked in Beallsville, Maryland, was lynched near this site by a white mob in an act of racial terror. On the morning of . . . — — Map (db m237619) HM
On Court House Drive just east of Washington Street (Maryland Route 326), on the right when traveling east.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of at least 6,500 Black people in the United States between 1865 and 1950. After the Civil War, many white people remained committed to upholding white supremacy. In opposition to . . . — — Map (db m187334) HM
On North Division Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Division Street.
Lynching in America
After the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for African Americans and an ideology of white supremacy led to fatal violence against Black women, men, and children who were frequently falsely accused of violating . . . — — Map (db m190313) HM
On East 1st Street at North 2nd Avenue East, on the right when traveling west on East 1st Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950, including in St. Louis County, MN. Lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of . . . — — Map (db m204590) HM
On North Lamar Boulevard at Courthouse Square, on the left when traveling north on North Lamar Boulevard.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. During this era, racial terror lynching emerged as a stunning form of violent resistance to emancipation and . . . — — Map (db m219912) HM
On North Lamar Boulevard at Molly Barr Road, on the right when traveling south on North Lamar Boulevard.
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate black . . . — — Map (db m219923) HM
Near Good Hope Church Road, 1.6 miles south of State Route 503, on the left when traveling south.
Lynching in America
Over 6,500 African Americans were victims of racial terror lynching in the United
States between 1865 and 1950. Following the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil
War, many white Americans remained committed to . . . — — Map (db m234969) HM
Lynching in America. Thousands of Black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1865 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate Black . . . — — Map (db m240259) HM
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate Black . . . — — Map (db m198772) HM
On South Market Street at Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling south on South Market Street.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, thousands of African Americans were victims of mob violence and racial terror lynching across the United States. Following the Civil War, white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for African . . . — — Map (db m246650) HM
On Craven Street at Emma Road (County Road 1338), on the left when traveling east on Craven Street.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, white mobs lynched thousands of African Americans across the U.S. Following the Civil War, white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for African Americans and sought to uphold an ideology of . . . — — Map (db m204979) HM
On College Street (Alternate U.S. 74) at South Spruce Street, on the right when traveling east on College Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1865 and 1950. After the Civil War, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution ended slavery and extended . . . — — Map (db m205149) HM
On South Street north of East Chatham Street when traveling north.
Lynching in America Thousands of Black people were victims of lynching in the United States between 1865 and 1950. After the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for Black people and an ideology of white supremacy led to fatal . . . — — Map (db m233991) HM
On North Church Street at West Liberty Street, on the right when traveling south on North Church Street.
Lynching in America Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of thousands of African Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt today. After slavery ended, many white people remained committed to racial hierarchy and used . . . — — Map (db m238719) HM
On West Mulberry at South Court Street, on the right when traveling east on West Mulberry.
Lynching in America Following the Civil War, violent resistance to rights for and equality for Black Americans and an ideology of White supremacy led to fatal violence against Black women, men, and children. Thousands of Black people were . . . — — Map (db m173835) HM
On Main Street east of North 3rd Street (Ohio Route 541), on the right when traveling west.
Lynching in America.
Following the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for African Americans and an ideology of White supremacy flourished not only in the South, but across the United States. Lynching emerged as a notorious form of . . . — — Map (db m205809) HM
Near North Front Street, on the right when traveling north.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were the victims of racial terror lynchings in the United States between 1865 and 1950. Following the end of the Civil War, a wave of counterrevolutionary terror and violence swept over . . . — — Map (db m176959) HM
On South Main Street (South Carolina Route 28) south of East River Street (U.S. 178), on the right when traveling north.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, at least 6,500 Black people were victims of lynchings in the United States. The abolition of chattel slavery was not accompanied by a commitment to equal rights or protection for Black people. In many . . . — — Map (db m237660) HM
On West Duncan Road (U.S. 25) at Exeter Way, in the median on West Duncan Road.
Lynching in America
Between 1877 and 1950, thousands of African Americans were victims of mob violence and lynching across the United States. Following the Civil War, many white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for African Americans . . . — — Map (db m206360) HM
On West Main Street (South Carolina Route 49) west of South Herndon Street, on the left when traveling west.
Lynching in America
During the Reconstruction period that followed emancipation in 1865, thousands of Black people were lynched by white people intent on maintaining racial hierarchy. Federal officials ended Reconstruction in 1877 when they . . . — — Map (db m196451) HM
On South Liberty Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Liberty Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between the Civil War and World War II. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism . . . — — Map (db m168751) HM
On Main Street at North Akard Street on Main Street.
Lynching in AmericaIn the summer of 1860, three enslaved Black men were falsely accused of arson, which enraged enslavers and white residents in Dallas. The three men were lynched by a white mob and an order was issued that every enslaved Black . . . — — Map (db m215184) HM
On Beckley Avenue near Commerce Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were victims of lynching in the United States between
1865 and 1950. During this era, lynching emerged as the most notorious and public
form of racial terrorism, used to enforce racial . . . — — Map (db m244468) HM
On Samuels Avenue at NE 12th Street, on the right when traveling north on Samuels Avenue.
Racial Terror Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of thousands of Black people and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt today. After the Civil War, many white people remained committed to an ideology of . . . — — Map (db m190272) HM
On San Bernard Street at Hackberry Street, on the right when traveling south on San Bernard Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate . . . — — Map (db m205225) HM
On Park Street at Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north on Park Street.
Lynching in America. Thousands of African Americans were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. During this era, racial terror lynching of African Americans emerged as a stunning form of . . . — — Map (db m166184) HM
On Franklin Road Southwest south of Mountain Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling south.
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. Lynching emerged as the most public and notorious form of racial terrorism and violence, intended to intimidate . . . — — Map (db m207306) HM
On Newberry Lane at NW 245 Street, on the left when traveling west on Newberry Lane.
Lynching in America
Between 1877 and 1950, thousands of African Americans were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States. Florida had one of the highest per capita lynching rates in the nation, with dozens of racial . . . — — Map (db m186426) HM
On Langley Avenue at East 37th Place on Langley Avenue.
Ida Bell Wells was born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Orphaned at 16, she became a teacher to support her five younger siblings. She later moved to Memphis where she became a pioneering data Journalist, newspaper . . . — — Map (db m235179) HM
On Campbell Avenue (Business U.S. 501) at Martin Street, on the right when traveling south on Campbell Avenue.
Nearby stood Chestnut Hill, the home of Charles Lynch, Sr. He was the father of John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg, and of Charles Lynch, Jr., a Revolutionary officer. Charles Lynch, Sr., died in 1753 and is believed to be buried at Chestnut Hill. . . . — — Map (db m54402) HM
On Courthouse Square, on the right when traveling west.
This is the site of W.E. Lynch & Company, a drug store form 1877 until 1969. The business was founded by William Edward Lynch (1851-1896), and continued by his wife, Kate Holstein Lynch (1854-1923), and son, W. Charlton Lynch (1882-1924) for nearly . . . — — Map (db m12441) HM
On 15th Street Northwest north of U Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
In 2009, the Residents Association of the Campbell Heights Apartments was given the opportunity to preserve their community by exercising their District of Columbia Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act rights. Jair Lynch Development Partners created a . . . — — Map (db m80483) HM
On North 11th Street at Madison Street, on the right when traveling north on North 11th Street.
On August 15, 1908, at about 2:00 a.m., the mob reached the home of Scott Burton. The fifty-six-year-old black barber tried to escape out a side door of his home but was overtaken and pummeled unconscious by the mob. He was then dragged to Twelfth . . . — — Map (db m199939) HM
On West Edwards Street at South Spring Street, on the right when traveling west on West Edwards Street.
On August 15, 1908, William Donnegan, a seventy-six-year-old retired black shoemaker, was taken from his nearby home by the mob and across the street to Edwards School. His throat was slashed after which the mob attempted to hang him. Upon the . . . — — Map (db m200008) HM
Lynching in America
Following the Civil War, resistance to rights and equality for African
Americans and an ideology of white supremacy led to fatal violence
against Black women, men, and children. Violence spread throughout
the country, . . . — — Map (db m226136) HM
On Old U.S. Route 66 (State Highway 17) north of Risky Road, on the left when traveling north.
In Honor of All Veterans
Past and Present
[Armed Services Emblems]
In Honor of Francis J. Lynch VFW Post 3168
Dedicated May 31, 2004 — — Map (db m158058) WM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 378) at South Acline Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
(side 1)
This two-story commercial building was built in 1910 by Henry Horace Singletary (1848-1912) as the H.H. Singletary Company, with a grocery store on the first floor. Singletary, perhaps the most prominent businessman and civic . . . — — Map (db m103913) HM
On West Main Street (Business U.S. 378) at North Acline Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
(side 1)
Constructed in 1907, this building originally housed Farmers and Merchants Bank. In 1934 the newly formed Palmetto State Bank opened here. On Sept. 5, 1934 the bank was robbed by three armed men. The bank had larger than normal . . . — — Map (db m103914) HM
On East Main Street (South Carolina Route 341) at Rodgers Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Dr. James Whitehead (1906-2004) was a graduate of Lake City H.S. and the Medical University of S.C. After completing his internship at Spartanburg General, he returned to Lake City where he practiced medicine for 55 years. In 1938 he oversaw the . . . — — Map (db m104122) HM
On McKinnon Road at Pleasant Hill Road, on the right when traveling north on McKinnon Road.
[Front]
The first Baptist Church in this area of Kershaw County was founded in a wooded area on Mecklenburg Road, two miles south of Lynchwood, now the town of Bethune. The church was founded in 1852 by Ellie Copeland and established on land . . . — — Map (db m28264) HM
On Raleigh La Grange Road, 0.3 miles east of Shelby View Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Near this spot on the night of January 15, 1869, a group of masked horsemen lynched Wash Henley, a black Union army veteran, for running away with his white employer's teenage daughter. Henley, born about 1841 in Mississippi, had served as . . . — — Map (db m146805) HM
On South Parkway East, 0.7 miles east of South Willett Street, on the right when traveling west.
In March of 1892, business partners Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell and William Henry Stewart were arrested for defending an attack on their store, The People's Grocery. The white competitor and the deputy sheriffs he hired were met with gunfire. . . . — — Map (db m141200) HM
On North 2nd Street north of Market Street, on the left when traveling north.
Near this spot on January 1. 1851, a mob of 1,200 to 1,500 people lynched an unidentified black man for the murder of John Chester, the Memphis City Recorder. The victim was likely a passenger aboard the SS Winfield Scott. which had ported . . . — — Map (db m148626) HM
On Summer Ave (U.S. 70) at Bartlett Road, on the left when traveling east on Summer Ave.
Front Near this spot, on May 22, 1917, a mob tied Ell Persons to a log, doused him with gasoline, and burned him alive. Several thousand people watched in what newspapers described as a holiday atmosphere.
Authorities had arrested Persons, a . . . — — Map (db m105947) HM
On North Front Street at A.W. Willis, on the right on North Front Street.
A mob estimated at 3,000 people gathered near this spot on the night of July 22, 1893, with the intent of breaking into the Shelby County Jail and seizing Lee Walker, a black prisoner accused of attempting to rape a young white woman. Four days . . . — — Map (db m121570) HM
On North St. Asaph Street at Princess Street, on the right when traveling north on North St. Asaph Street.
At this intersection, a jail opened in 1827 when Alexandria was a part of Washington, D.C. In the 19th century, it housed criminals, debtors, and Civil War military prisoners. Before Emancipation, the jail was among the locations where enslaved . . . — — Map (db m243181) HM
On Scotts Run Road (County Road 19/25) near Number Three Hill (County Road 19/26), on the right when traveling south.
In Memory of the 56 Miners who died in the Christopher Coal Number 3 Mine explosion in Osage, West Virginia at 2:25 PM, May 12, 1942.
Darrell Adams • Roy Batton • Allen W. Baughman • Tony Belec • Thomas D. Brinegar, Sr • William J. . . . — — Map (db m179586) HM
On West High Street (U.S. 27) at West Park Place, on the right when traveling west on West High Street.
Lynching in America. Between 1865 to 1950, thousands of African Americans were victims of mob violence and lynching across the United States. Following the Civil War, fierce resistance to equal rights for African Americans and an ideology of . . . — — Map (db m178139) HM
On Thomaston Avenue at Commons Court on Thomaston Avenue.
Thirty sons of Waterbury died
while serving in the Vietnam War.
They are listed by their date of death, their location on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and the area where they died.
PFC William Joseph Oakley, 28-May-65, Panel 1E, Row . . . — — Map (db m231279) HM
On Roswell Road at Larry McDonald Memorial highway (Interstate 75), on the right when traveling west on Roswell Road.
In respectful memory of the thousands
across America, denied justice by lynching;
victims of hatred, prejudice, and ignorance.
Between 1880-1946,
~570 Georgians were lynched. — — Map (db m136757) HM
On Riverbluff Lane at Laurel Springs Lane on Riverbluff Lane.
Side A Thomas and Sabina Lynch were some of Mount Pleasant’s earliest and wealthiest residents. Their 18th century plantation house was located here in Rivertowne. The Lynch family story begins in 1677 when Jonack Lynch emigrated from . . . — — Map (db m38056) HM
On South Main Street (Florida Route 329) just south of East University Avenue (Florida Route 24/26), on the right when traveling north.
Lynching in America
After the Civil War, constitutional rights were granted to Black people ensuring equal protection and voting. Many white leaders responded to the emancipation of Black people by violently seeking to maintain racial, . . . — — Map (db m186407) HM
Near Caroline Street south of Clayton Street, on the left when traveling south.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, 12 million African people were kidnapped, chained, and brought to the Americas after a torturous journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Nearly two million people died during the voyage. The labor of enslaved black people . . . — — Map (db m118044) HM
On Union Street at East Depot Street, on the right when traveling south on Union Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to . . . — — Map (db m103140) HM
On West Park Street near North Alabama Street, on the right when traveling west.
James H. Lynch was a man of many hats. Lumber, livery, mine development, hotel management, and wholesale liquor are but a few of his successful business ventures. A founder of the Silver Bow National Bank, Lynch also owned substantial Butte real . . . — — Map (db m185728) HM
On North 1st Street north of 19th Street North, on the right when traveling north.
Racial Terrorism and Criminal Justice
Racial terror lynching between 1865 and 1950 claimed the lives of thousands of African Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt today. After emancipation, white Southerners . . . — — Map (db m167223) HM
On Snow Hill Drive at Alabama Route 21, on the right when traveling west on Snow Hill Drive.
Enslavement & Racial Terror
The enslavement of black people in the United States was a brutal,
dehumanizing system that lasted more than 200 years. Between 1819
and 1860, Alabama's enslaved population grew from 40,000 to 435,000.
According . . . — — Map (db m154554) HM
On Michael Donald Avenue north of Old Shell Road, on the right when traveling north.
On March 21, 1981, 19-year-old Michael Donald was abducted, beaten, killed and hung from a tree on this street by members of the Ku Klux Klan. He was randomly selected in retaliation for an interracial jury failing to convict a black man for killing . . . — — Map (db m111384) HM
On Lake Street west of Hall Street, on the right when traveling west.
Hale Infirmary
On this site for nearly seven decades stood Hale Infirmary. It was
among 25 hospitals in Alabama, and the first in Montgomery, established during the Black Hospital Movement, an effort to overcome
healthcare inequities for . . . — — Map (db m240686) HM
On Dunn Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Lynching in America
Before the Civil War, millions of African people were kidnapped, enslaved, and shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas under horrific conditions that frequently resulted in starvation and death. Over two centuries, the . . . — — Map (db m224104) HM
William O. Lynch was born in New York July 28, 1827. Arrived in San Francisco on the Pilot-boat W.G. Hackstaff via Straights of Magellan June 28, 1849 after 6 months of buffeting strong winds and waves. In 1850 he and Leo Norris settled in now San . . . — — Map (db m201569) HM
Near this location, on Oct. 1, 1871, escaped convicts Moses Black and Leander Morton were lynched by vigilantes to avenge the killing of Robert Morrison, a well liked Wells Fargo agent from Benton. Morrison was a member of the sheriff's posse who . . . — — Map (db m72571) HM
On Fort Jones Road near Moonlit Oaks Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
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Near this spot at 3:00 a.m. August 3, 1935 Clyde Johnson, native of Alabama, was lynched by a yet unknown group of masked men for the murder of Dunsmuir police chief Frank E. (Jack) Daw after robbing Padula’s bar in . . . — — Map (db m70189) HM
On Moonlit Oaks Avenue west of South Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
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Moonlit Oaks Dance Pavilion
Near this location on July 3, 1926, Moonlit Oaks Open Air Dance Platform Opened, hosting dances most Saturday Nights. Pints of illicit spirits were obtained. From the man in the parking lot with . . . — — Map (db m70188) HM
Near Kirkwood Highway (Delaware Route 2) at Newport Gap Pike (Delaware Route 41), on the right when traveling west.
On June 23, 1903, George White, a black farm laborer, was lynched near this site by a mob of white citizens. After being accused of murdering a white girl on June 16, Mr. White was taken to the New Castle County Workhouse to await trial. On
June . . . — — Map (db m195011) HM
On East Central Boulevard at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Central Boulevard.
Lynching of July Perry
November 3, 1920
On Election Day, November 3, 1920, black residents in the Ocoee area who owned land and businesses were eager to vote. Despite a terrorizing Ku Klux Klan march through the streets of . . . — — Map (db m137336) HM
On West South Street west of South Division Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Lynching of Arthur Henry
Shortly after midnight on Friday, November 27, 1925, three white men abducted a 35-year-old Black man named Arthur Henry from his bed at Orange General Hospital. Nearly two weeks later, Mr. Henry's lifeless body . . . — — Map (db m241195) HM
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