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In 2003, the city of Duluth erected a memorial to the lynched men. [2] In 2020, Max Mason, who was a co-worker in the same traveling circus as the three men who were lynched, was convicted in court after the lynchings, was granted the first posthumous pardon in the history of the state.
The events were reported by newspapers around the world, including the French Le Petit Journal which described the "lynchings in the USA" and the "massacre of Negroes in Atlanta," [3] the Scottish Aberdeen Press & Journal under the headline "Race Riots in Georgia," [4] and the London Evening Standard under the headlines "Anti-Negro Riots" and ...
In addition, the EJI has published supplementary information about lynchings in several states outside the South. The monument is the first major work in the nation to name and honor these victims. [16] The central memorial was designed by MASS Design Group [17] with Lam Partners lighting design, [18] and built on land purchased by EJI.
The Veterans Memorial Ceremony and Atlanta Band Concert will begin at 9:45 a.m.on the lawn of the Atlanta Public Library, 100 Race St.
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On May 16, 1918, a plantation owner was murdered, prompting a manhunt which resulted in a series of lynchings in May 1918 in southern Georgia, United States. White people killed at least 13 black people during the next two weeks. [ 1 ]
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 ...