Walton County GA 1946

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1. Why we Travel to Moore's Ford Bridge Every Year

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2. Last Mass Lynching in U.S. Remains Unsolved

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3. Moore's Ford Lynching sign in Monroe, GA

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4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, struggle4progress.

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5. There is a marker there, not much, but something. About 20 miles from Stone Mountain

where racists are protesting today, because their feelings are hurt about their "heritage" being criticized.




Moore’s Ford Lynching
2.4 miles east, at Moore’s Ford Bridge on the Apalachee
River, four African-Americans - George and May Murray
Dorsey and Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcom (reportedly
7 months pregnant) - were brutally beaten and shot by an
unmasked mob on the afternoon of July 25, 1946. The
lynching followed an argument between Roger Malcom and
a local white farmer. These unsolved murders played a
crucial role in both President Truman’s commitment to
civil rights legislation and the ensuing modern civil rights
movement. In 1998, a biracial memorial service honoring
the victims was held at Moore’s Ford Bridge.
Erected by The Georgia Historical Society and the
Moore’s Ford Memorial Committee, Inc.
1999.8

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6. Moore's Ford Lynching Samuel J Hardman

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7. Moores Ford Bridge

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8. FBI not commenting on reported interview about 1946 lynching in Walton County

By JIM THOMPSON
updated Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 11:22pm

The FBI is not commenting on published reports that it has recently questioned someone in connection with the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Walton County, but Special Agent Stephen Emmett of the agency’s Atlanta office did say the FBI probe into the incident remains an active investigation.

A Monday report in the British newspaper The Guardian contends that the FBI has spoken with 86-year-old Charlie Peppers of Monroe, who was 18 years old at the time of the lynching. Peppers’ nephew, Wayne Watson, alleges that his uncle was involved in the slaying of sharecroppers George and Mae Murray Dorsey and Dorothy and Roger Malcom. The four were fatally shot at the Moore’s Ford bridge on the Walton County-Oconee County line. They were passengers in a vehicle driven by their employer, Loy Harrison, which was reportedly ambushed at the Moore’s Ford bridge. No one was ever prosecuted for the lynching.

Peppers, who could not be reached independently Tuesday by the Athens Banner-Herald, told The Guardian that he was interviewed last year at his home for about 40 minutes by two FBI agents. He also told the newspaper that he was not involved in the lynching ...

http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2015-02-17/fbi-not-commenting-reported-interview-about-1946-lynching-walton-county