WEATHER UPDATE FOR MARKER INSTALLATION ON JUNE 12TH: To avoid the chance of rain we are meeting at First United Methodist Church to complete the dedication program and walk over to the historical marker for the unveiling, weather permitting.
First United Methodist Church is approximately two blocks away from the courthouse square. Please enter the church through the front doors. The address is 702 Avenue A, Opelika, AL 36801
HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION
The Equal Justice Initiative and the Lee County Remembrance Project invite you to attend a historical marker dedication ceremony on Saturday, June 12th at 3pm CST in remembrance of John Moss, George Hart, Charles Humphries and Samuel Harris, four victims of racial terror lynchings here in Lee County. For more information, click here
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them"
IDA B. WELLS
RESEARCH
Through our research, we remember John Moss, George Hart, Charles Humphries, Samuel Harris and Charles Miller, five documented victims of racial terror lynchings in Lee County, Alabama, documented by the
Equal Justice Initiative.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Alabama Rural Ministry
Research to Preserve African American Stories and Traditions
Becoming the Beloved Community
Community Foundation of East Alabama
Museum of East Alabama
Fifty Fund
Lee County Voters League & Youth Organization
Lee County Branch of the NAACP #5038
Lee County Literacy Coalition
Nourish, AL
Greater Peace Baptist Church
The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities at Pebble Hill
Auburn University History Department
Auburn University Landscape Architecture Department