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.
1999.8 Erected by The Georgia Historical Society and the Moore`s Ford Memorial Committee, Inc. 147-1
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.