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Moore's Ford Lynching GHS Historical Marker

Located on US 78 Six Miles East of Monroe, at Locklin Road at Oconee County line
33.85710144, -83.61229705

 

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Moore's Ford Lynching

 

2.4 miles east, at Moore's Ford Bridge on the Apalachee

River, 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.

 

Erected by The Georgia Historical Society and the

Moore's Ford Memorial Committee, Inc.

1999.8

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