Moore's Ford Lynching
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N 33° 51.426 W 083° 36.739
17S E 258322 N 3749382
A famous racial hate crime happened nearby.
Waymark Code: WM60GN
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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2.4 miles east, at Moore's Ford Bridge on the Alalachee River, four African-Americans-George and May Murray Dorsey and Roger and Dorthe Malcolm (reportedly 7 months pregnant) were brutally beaten and shot by an unmasked mob on the afternoon of July 23, 1946. The lynching followed an argument between Roger Malcom and a local white farmer. Those 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.
Type of Marker: Bridge

Marker #: 147-1

Date: 8.1999

Sponsor: Georgia Historical Society and Moore's Ford Memorial Committee

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