James “Jim” MCkie

James “Jim” MCkie Share Special Exhibits The Freedom-Lovers’ Roll Call Wall Stories Behind the Postcards: Paintings and Collages of Jennifer Scott Portraiture of Resistance Memorial to the Victims of Lynching Freedom-Lovers’ Pledge Explore Our Galleries African Peoples Before Captivity Kidnapped: The Middle Passage Nearly Three Centuries Of Enslavement Reconstruction: A Brief Glimpse of Freedom One…

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Anthony Crawford – Father, Husband, Landowner, Farmer

Doria Johnson, great-great granddaughter of Anthony Crawford, recounts his lynching and the effect it had on the lives of his descendants. Updates to this posting include articles about a commemorative ceremony in 2005 and the dedication of a plaque at the hallowed ground in 2016. Video, photos and text.

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Thomas Shipp

Tommy Shipp School Picture

Tommy worked at the Malleable foundry in Marion, Indiana, at the time of his death at age eighteen. Only a little more is known about him.

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