The Carroll County Courthouse Massacre (1886)

The Carroll County Courthouse Massacre occurred on March 17, 1886 in Carrollton, the county seat of Carroll County, Mississippi.  An incident from earlier in the year led to the bloodshed in March that left twenty-three people dead. The events leading up to the massacre began in January when … Read MoreThe Carroll County Courthouse Massacre (1886)

The Moore’s Ford Lynching (July 1946)

On July 14, 1946, four African American sharecroppers were lynched at Moore’s Ford in northeast Georgia in an event now described as the “last mass lynching in America.” Yet the killers of George Dorsey, Mae Murray Dorsey, Roger Malcolm, and Dorothy Malcolm were never brought … Read MoreThe Moore’s Ford Lynching (July 1946)

The Hamburg Massacre (1876)

On July 8, 1876, the small town of Hamburg, South Carolina erupted in violence as the community’s African American militia clashed with whites from the surrounding area.  Hamburg was a small all-black community across the river from Augusta, Georgia.  Like many African American communities in … Read MoreThe Hamburg Massacre (1876)