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Mary Turner (c. 1885 [11] – 19 May 1918) was a young, married black woman and mother of three—including an unborn child—who was lynched by a white mob in Lowndes County, Georgia, for having protested the lynching death of her husband Hazel "Hayes" Turner the day before in Brooks County. [16]
Sundown towns in Georgia (U.S. state) (2 P) Pages in category "History of racism in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Lowndes County (/ ˈ l aʊ n d z /) is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 118,251. [1] The county seat is Valdosta. [2] The county was created December 23, 1825. Lowndes County is included in the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area. It is located along the ...
“A bigger vision I have is for the county that was called the most racist in America in 1987, the dream is for it to be called the county that’s known all over the world as the county of love.”
NE of downtown Valdosta roughly bounded by North Ashley and E. Ann Sts., East Hill Ave., and Georgia and Florida RR 30°50′19″N 83°16′25″W / 30.838611°N 83.273611°W / 30.838611; -83.273611 ( East End Historic
St. James A.M.E. Church in Columbus is the second oldest of its denomination in Georgia. Here’s how education became its legacy amid Jim Crow. Curious Columbus: How this 160-year-old church ...
Rosenwald schools in Georgia (U.S. state) (6 P) Pages in category "Historically segregated African-American schools in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
CUMMING, Ga. — Driving through present-day Forsyth County is like navigating an American landscape haunted by its history. Centuries-old churches and storied cemeteries carry remnants of past ...