- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Moore's Ford Lynching historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Walton County
Lynching--Georgia--Walton County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Walton County, 33.78156, -83.73385
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 78 Six Miles East of Monroe, at Locklin Road at Oconee County line
Text of marker: "Moore's Ford Lynching. 2.4 miles east, at Moore's Ford Bridge on the ApalacheeRiver, 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. 1999.8 Erected by The Georgia Historical Society and the Moore's Ford Memorial Committee, Inc. 147-1" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_moores-ford-lynching
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_moores-ford-lynching
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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