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News Articles: lynching

Claudia and Pierre Lacy from the film "Always in Season."

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'Always In Season' Examines Generational Trauma Of Lynchings, Sparks Discussion Across Racial Lines

The 2019 documentary Always In Season looks at the history of racism and lynching in the U.S. and connects it to the racial climate and justice today. As part of this narrative, the film follows the annual reenactment of the killing of four people by a mob in Monroe, Georgia in 1946 — known as the Moore’s Ford lynchings. To mark the annual reenactment, On Second Thought revisits our February discussion with Jacqueline Olive, director of Always in Season.

July 23, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Emilia Brock
A makeshift memorial is pictured after a Juneteenth demonstration in Palmdale, Calif., at the tree where Robert Fuller was found dead.

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Death Of Robert Fuller, Who Was Found Hanging From Tree, Ruled Suicide

Fuller's death on June 10 was initially ruled a suicide, but that conclusion outraged his family, who insisted that he would not take his own life.

July 09, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Tyrone Brooks leads a tour through a cemetery of anonymous graves surrounded by an office park to a marker for 1946 lynching victim Mae Murray Dorsey.

Federal Court Will Not Unseal Documents In 1940s Lynching

A federal appeals court has ruled it will not allow the unsealing of over 70-year-old grand jury documents tied to a notorious Georgia lynching. The 8-4...

May 14, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Claudia and Pierre Lacy from the documentary 'Always in Season.' The film makes its television premiere on PBS' Independent Lens on Monday, Feb. 24.

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  • Race

'Always In Season' Examines Generational Trauma Of Lynchings, Sparks Discussion Across Racial Lines

The Equal Justice Initiative documents nearly 5,000 lynchings in America between 1877 and 1950, though the number is likely higher. The vast majority of...

February 21, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Emilia Brock
For 15 years, local actors have reenacted the lynching of four people at the Moore's Ford Bridge outside the city of Monroe in Walton County.

Records From Annually Reenacted Lynching Have Day In Court

Advocates for justice in a 73-year-old Georgia lynching made the case Tuesday for release of grand jury records in federal court. Activists have...

October 22, 2019
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

Officials Recognize Controversial History with New Landmark

On Tuesday, members of the Dekalb County Commission unanimously passed a measure to build a memorial to recognize victims of lynching and racial...

January 24, 2019
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By:
  • Morgan Carter and
  • Sophia Saliby
800 steel columns inside of the National Memorial For Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. The columns recognize the names of lynching victims.

Remembering Georgia's 600 Lynching Victims

Georgia has the second-highest number of undocumented lynchings. A 2015 report by the Equal Justice Initiative found nearly 600 cases in the state.

October 30, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • La'Raven Taylor
Henry "Peg" Gilbert was arrested, jailed, beaten to death and lynched in 1947 in Harris County, Georgia.

Her Grandfather Was Lynched In Georgia 70 Years Ago. 'There Was No Therapy Back Then.'

In 1947 in Harris County, Georgia, an African-American man named Henry “Peg” Gilbert was arrested and jailed, without legal cause. Five days later, a...

May 22, 2018
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By:
  • Summer Evans and
  • Adam Ragusea

On Second Thought For Monday, May 21, 2018

The United States Department of Justice estimates nearly two-thirds of all jail inmates have mental health problems. In Georgia, a new investigation...

May 21, 2018
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By:
  • Sean Powers
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama opens to the public April 26.

New Memorial Confronts History Of Racial Lynching

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice details a painful legacy in American history: the lynchings of thousands of African-American men, women and...

May 01, 2018
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers

On Second Thought For Wednesday, April 11, 2018

In the year since President Trump took office, a new wave of social movements has rippled across the country. March for Science Atlanta brings together...

April 11, 2018
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By:
  • Sean Powers ,
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • and 6 more

On Second Thought For Monday, October 2, 2017

Georgia has submitted a new plan to hold public schools accountable for student performance. The updates are more lenient on testing. Governor Deal says...

October 02, 2017
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  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more
GPB's Don Smith walks around in front of the former Star Theatre on Quitman's South side.

Reckoning With History In South Georgia

In South Georgia’s Wiregrass Country, a plaque in the town of Quitman marks a hanging place. It’s where, in August of 1864, four men were executed for...

August 31, 2017
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By:
  • Emily Cureton
Chief Lou Dekmar delivering his apology for the LaGrange Police Department's role in the 1940 murder of Austin Callaway.

Police Chief Apologizes For Long-Ago Lynching

A Georgia police department is looking at its past to strengthen its relationship with the African-American community. Last week in LaGrange, something...

January 30, 2017
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead

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