Alabama Lynching Victims Memorial

Share

Special Exhibits

The Freedom-Lovers’ Roll Call Wall

Stories Behind the Postcards: Paintings and Collages of Jennifer Scott

Risking Everything: The Fight for Black Voting Rights

Portraiture of Resistance

Memorial to the Victims of Lynching

Freedom-Lovers’ Pledge

Echoes of Equality: Art Inspired by Memphis and Maya

Explore Our Galleries

A man stands in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 4, 2016 in Timbuktu, central Mali. Mali's fabled city of Timbuktu on February 4 celebrated the recovery of its historic mausoleums, destroyed during an Islamist takeover of northern Mali in 2012 and rebuilt thanks to UN cultural agency UNESCO. TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC / AFP / SÉBASTIEN RIEUSSEC
African Peoples Before Captivity
Shackles from Slave Ship Henrietta Marie
Kidnapped: The Middle Passage
Image of the first black members of Congress
Reconstruction: A Brief Glimpse of Freedom
The Lynching of Laura Nelson_May_1911 200x200
One Hundred Years of Jim Crow
Civil Rights protest in Alabama
I Am Somebody! The Struggle for Justice
Black Lives Matter movement
NOW: Free At Last?
#15-Beitler photo best TF reduced size
Memorial to the Victims of Lynching
hands raised black background
The Freedom-Lovers’ Roll Call Wall
Frozen custard in Milwaukee's Bronzeville
Special Exhibits

Newest Exhibit

Shackles from Slave Ship Henrietta Marie
Montana Lynching Victims Memorial

Breaking News!

Today's news and culture by Black and other reporters in the Black and mainstream media.

Click Here

Ways to Support ABHM?

Click Here
Name Murdered In Location
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBolivar, AlabamaFebruary 1, 1909
1 Victim - Name UnreportedNear Gadsen, AlabamaAugust 28, 1912
2 Victims - Names UnreportedSylvan, AlabamaFebruary 13, 1892
3 Victims - Names UnreportedOpp, AlabamaDecember 6, 1901
4 Victims - Names UnreportedSelma, AlabamaDecember 12, 1893
AbernathyDuke, AlabamaOctober 20, 1900
Abrams, HenryMontgomery, AlabamaNovember 29, 1897
Adams, ReddrickSeale, AlabamaApril 12, 1896
Alexander, J.M.Tuskegee, AlabamaJune 13, 1895
Anderson, AlbertTuskegee, AlabamaSeptember 13, 1898
Anderson, JamesTaylor Ferry, AlabamaOctober 10, 1896
Archer, PaulCarrolton, AlabamaSeptember 15, 1893
Balaam, JoshuaJackson, AlabamaSeptember 4, 1909
Balaam, LewisJackson, AlabamaSeptember 4, 1909
Beard, AndyKennedy, AlabamaMarch 18, 1897
Beard, BudCarrolton, AlabamaDecember 17, 1897
Bell, EdSelma, AlabamaAugust 7, 1904
Bentley, CharlesLeeds, AlabamaAugust 2, 1901
BerneyWetumpka, AlabamaNovember 18, 1912
Bird, WilliamSheffield, AlabamaNovember 11, 1918
Black, ThomasTuscumbia, AlabamaApril 22, 1894
Bonner, JohnKennedy, AlabamaDecember 16, 1897
Bonner, LouisKennedy, AlabamaDecember 16, 1897
Brown, CalvinLocality Unknown, AlabamaJuly 6, 1891
Brown, JohnChilderburg, AlabamaOctober 1, 1891
Brown, RobertLocality Uknown, AlabamaJuly 6, 1891
Brown, WilliamRienzi, AlabamaApril 29, 1906
Browne, ThomasPoint Clear, AlabamaJune 26, 1895
Brownlee, JohnOxford, AlabamaJuly 19, 1894
Burton, RichardBoyds, AlabamaJanuary 28, 1916
Calhoun, EbenPittsview, AlabamaApril 29, 1907
Calloway, JohnCalhoun County, AlabamaMarch 21, 1898
Campbell, WileyCalhoun County, AlabamaJune 25, 1902
Cantor, WilliamChilderburg, AlabamaMay 16, 1892
CarsonSelma, AlabamaJanuary 3, 1913
Carter, WalterLocality UnknownNovember 30, 1903
Clayton, WalterBay Minett, AlabamaApril 6, 1908
Colley, ZebGreenville, AlabamaApril 21, 1895
Cook, IsaacMontgomery, AlabamaAugust 12, 1890
Curtis, AzariahButtler, AlabamaDecember 7, 1912
Cyat, HenryHenry, AlabamaOctober 10, 1896
Daniel, JamesGoose County, AlabamaJuly 20, 1897
DavenportLeighton, AlabamaJanuary 24, 1909
Davis, BudMoulton, AlabamaMarch 6, 1901
Davis, GeorgeInverness, AlabamaApril 19, 1892
Dawson, DanielTyler, AlabamaMarch 19, 1895
Dawson, RobertSelma, AlabamaMay 6, 1901
Deeley, HermanTaylorsville, AlabamaJanuary 18, 1915
Dell, JohnMontgomery, AlabamaOctober 9, 1910
Dickson, NoahWalnut Grove, AlabamaMay 22, 1889
Diggs, AndrewScottsboro, AlabamaJune 24, 1903
Dossett, MosesPrichard Station, AlabamaSeptember 22, 1907
Dove, DanielLocality Uknown, AlabamaOctober 20, 1906
Dunegan, ManuelChilton County, AlabamaApril 15, 1895
Easley, AlbertJacksonville, AlabamaJanuary 20, 1879
Edward, DanSelma, AlabamaJune 24, 1893
Elliott, RoxieCenterville, AlabamaApril 15, 1891
English, HollandBakerhill, AlabamaApril 2, 1894
Fair, EmmaCarrolton, AlabamaSeptember 15, 1893
Ferry, TaylorTuskegee, AlabamaOctober 10, 1896
Fitch, JohnNear Chapel Hill, AlabamaSeptember 27, 1896
Fox, JamesLocality Unknown, AlabamaAugust 10, 1915
Franks, AmandaJefferson, AlabamaMay 12, 1897
Freeman, JamesColumbus City, AlabamaMay 31, 1895
Giohen, JosephBerlin, AlabamaDecember 8, 1893
Grohan, ZachioliWhistler, AlabamaApril 2, 1891
Green, AliceGreenville, AlabamaApril 21, 1895
Griffin, FrankStanton, AlabamaMarch 31, 1890
Guinn, NealHaynesville, AlabamaAugust 5, 1931
Hall, CainesKingston, AlabamaMay 1, 1904
Harding, ClevelandFlorence, AlabamaMarch 24, 1907
Harris, GeorgeLimestone, AlabamaJune 16, 1901
Harris, SamuelSalem, AlabamaNovember 3, 1902
Henderson, O'DeeFairfield, AlabamaMay 9, 1940
Herman, AlexanderCourtland, AlabamaJuly 16, 1901
Hibbler, PoePickens County, AlabamaJuly 23, 1917
Hoes, GeorgeButler, AlabamaMay 8, 1892
Holman, JosephTyler, AlabamaMarch 19, 1895
Holman, RobertTyler, AlabamaMarch 19, 1895
Hull, PaulCarrolton, AlabamaSeptember 15, 1893
Humphries, CharlesLee County, AlabamaMarch 18, 1900
Hunt, CharlesBrantley, AlabamaAugust 17, 1899
Hunter, WilliamSelma, AlabamaAugust 1, 1896
Jackson, "Kid"Hope Hull, AlabamaAugust 17, 1915
Jackson, JamesBibb County, AlabamaJanuary 31, 1897
Jackson, OliverMontgomery, AlabaaMarch 29, 1894
Jackson, SolomonWetumpka, AlabamaJune 17, 1898
Jackson, WilliamWetumpka, AlabamaJune 17, 1898
James, JosephWoodstock, AlabamaDecember 22, 1896
Johnson, JerryNorth Birmingham, AlabamaSeptember 3, 1907
Johnson, SidneyCoaling, AlabamaJuly 12, 1898
Johnson, TonyTuscumbia, AlabamaApril 22, 1894
Johnson, WesHeadland, AlabamaFebruary 2, 1937
Jones, BurrellMonroeville, AlabamaOctober 13, 1892
Jones, JohnAnniston, AlabamaJuly 13, 1890
Jones, JonAltoona, AlabamaJuly 1, 1904
Jones, MosesMonroeville, AlabamaOctober 13, 1892
Jones, WilliamFort Deposit, AlabamaDecember 19, 1914
Kellogg, JohnBlanche, AlabamaFebruary 20, 1898
Lett, OliverTunnel Springs, AlabamaAugust 23, 1905
Lewis, WilliamLamison, AlabamaApril 14, 1894
Lipsey, JohnPickensville, AlabamaAugust 27, 1907
Lowe, ElizaHenry County, AlabamaAugust 1, 1891
Lowe, WillisGenry County, AlabamaAugust 1, 1891
Lucas, HenryVinegar Bend, AlabamaNovember 2, 1907
Maples, HoraceHuntsville, AlabamaSeptember 7, 1904
Matson, JesseCalera, AlabamaMay 26, 1910
Mayes, DicSelma, AlabamaMay 6, 1901
Mayes, EdSelma, AlabamaMay 4, 1901
McAdams, LouisWilsonville, AlabamaJanuary 3, 1901
McGrady, TabePerote, AlabamaOctober 5, 1895
McKenny, HenryDothan, AlabamaJuly 3, 1910
Meadows, GeorgePratt Mines, AlabamaJanuary 15, 1889
Miller, WilliamBrighton, AlabamaAugust 6, 1908
Minty, BenjaminBerlin, AlabamaDecember 8, 1893
Montgomery, ClintonMagnolia, AlabamaDecember 20, 1909
Moreley, IsadoraSelma, AlabamaAugust 1, 1896
Moseley, RobertDolimite, AlabamaNovember 14, 1894
Murphy, ErnestDaleville, AlabamaJune 27, 1893
Nance, JamesJefferson, AlabamaMay 13, 1897
Onlu, EdEufala, AlabamaApril 14, 1893
Orr, LeonHartselle, AlabamaJune 20, 1896
Parker, AllenMew Monroesville, AlabamaOctober 30, 1892
Paters, HenryPrichard, AlabamaOctober 6, 1906
PedigrieAndalusia, AlabamaFebruary 20, 1906
Pennington, JohnEnterprise, AlabamaAugust 7, 1901
Peterson, IverEufala, AlabamaFebruary 12, 1911
Pharr, JackClaiborne, AlabamaAugust 30, 1897
Plowly, EdwardPine Apple, AlabamaMarch 14, 1905
Plowly, WilliamPine Apple, AlabamaMarch 14, 1905
Pope, EphreimLamison, AlabamaJune 22, 1904
Porter, RayClanton, AlabamaAugust 21, 1891
Pournay, WilliamChestnut, AlabamaSeptember 3, 1901
Powell, JesseLetohatchee, AlabamaJuly 23, 1917
Powell, JamesLocality Unknown, AlabamaJune 5, 1895
Anderson, JohnLafayette, AlabamaOctober 2, 1898
Powell, WilliamLetohatchee, AlabamaJuly 23, 1917
Prater, EdwardClay County, AlabamaJuly 8, 1892
Quigleton, FredTalladega, AlabamaNovember 3, 1907
RandallWinfield, AlabamaApril 25, 1891
Rattler, JohnGreenville, AlabamaApril 21, 1895
Reese, CampWetumpka, AlabamaJune 17, 1893
Reeves, FrankButter County, AlabamaMay 30, 1901
Reynolds, WilliamTuscumbia, AlabamaApril 6, 1902
Richardson, BunkieGadsden, AlabamaFebruary 11, 1906
Richardson, GrantCenterville, AlabamaOctober 9, 1910
Roberts, AlbertInverness, AlabamaApril 19, 1892
Robertson, DouglassMobile, AlabamaJanuary 22, 1909
Robinson, EsauEmelle, AlabamaJuly 4, 1930
Robinson, RichardPrichard Station, AlabamaOctober 6, 1906
Rolston, RoyAnniston, AlabamaNovember 24, 1890
Rowder, BerryChilderburg, AlabamaMay 16, 1892
Rowder, JamesChilderburg, AlabamaMay 16, 1892
Russell, HenryHope Hill, AlabamaAugust 17, 1915
Saunders, NewtOpp, AlabamaNovember 30, 1907
Segars, MackBrantley, AlabamaDecember 28, 1893
Shivers, JericoCoffe County, AlabamaMay 19, 1895
Shorter, JoshEufala, AlabamaJune 8, 1881
Sims, RubenLittle Rivers, AlabamaApril 16, 1904
Sloss, AlbertLawrence County, AlabamaNovember 2, 1899
Smith, EdwinWetumpka, AlabamaJanuary 4, 1915
Smith, JohnScottsboro, AlabamaMarch 20, 1897
Smith, WilliamBessemer, AlabamaNovember 2, 1912
Speaks, JamesRiverton, AlabamaJuly 21, 1897
Spier, LouisWetumpka, AlabamaJune 17, 1898
StarkLocality Unknown, AlabamaOctober 4, 1889
Steele, JohnBirmingham, AlabamaSeptember 27, 1889
StoverHabelle, AlabamaOctober 21, 1908
Sumroll, AbramVinegar Bend, AlabamaNovember 2, 1907
TerrillElba, AlabamaJuly 16, 1897
Thomas, ClintonLocality UnknownNovember 30, 1903
Thomas, HenryParish, AlabamaMarch 9, 1903
Thomas, JamesBlossburg, AlabamaJuly 9, 1897
Thompson, JesseWetumpka, AlabamaJuny 17, 1898
Thornton, JesseCrenshaw County, AlabamaOctober 2, 1940
Townsend, WinfieldEclectic, AlabamaOctober 2, 1900
Underwood, JesseTuscumbia, AlabamaJuly 26, 1891
Verge, SamLocality Unknown, AlabamaAugust 5, 1912
Wallace, WilliamAxis, AlabamaAugust 1, 1910
Wardley, WilliamIrondale, AlabamaDecember 7, 1896
Weeks, LemuelPickensville, AlabamaJuly 1, 1916
Westmoreland, WilliamMontgomery, AlabamaJune 24, 1896
White, MollyJefferson, AlabamaMay 12, 1897
Whiteside, GeorgeSheffield, AlabamaNovember 12, 1918
Wilkins, RobertBerlin, AlabamaDecember 8, 1893
William, EllaHenry County, AlabamaAugust 1, 1891
Williams, JerryInverness, AlabamaApril 19, 1892
Williams, JamesPickens County, AlabamaJanuary 19, 1893
Williams, JohnTuscumbia, AlabamaApril 22, 1894
Wilson, BudTuscaloosa, AlabamaDecember 27, 1889
Withers, BushSanford, AlabamaOctober 4, 1910
Womack, JohnRedlevel, AlabamaMay 22, 1918
Wright, SamHelena, AlabamaOctober 15, 1891
Young, CharlesLocality Unknown, AlabamaNovember 15, 1903
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBrantley, AlabamaApril 2, 1890
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBrierfield, AlabamaJuly 15, 1893
1 Victim - Name UnreportedCenterville, AlabamaSeptember 6, 1893
1 Victim - Name UnreportedRiverton, AlabamaJuly 25, 1890
1 Victim - Name UnreportedClayton, AlabamaAugust 30, 1911
1 Victim - Name UnreportedCuba, AlabamaDecember 20, 1912
1 Victim - Name UnreportedDothan, AlabamaFebruary 19, 1912
1 Victim - Name UnreportedExcel, AlabamaSeptember 2, 1897
1 Victim - Name UnreportedGeneva, AlabamaMay 7, 1900
1 Victim - Name UnreportedGreeley, AlabamaJanuary 10, 1917
1 Victim - Name UnreportedHartford, AlabamaMarch 26, 1907
1 Victim - Name UnreportedHope Hill, AlabamaAugust 17, 1915
1 Victim - Name UnreportedJasper, AlabamaJuly 5, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedKilgore, AlabamaAugust 28, 1913
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLafayette, AlabamaOctober 23, 1898
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLeeds, AlabamaMay 11, 1901
1 Victim - Name UnreportedMacon County, AlabamaMarch 10, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedMcFall, AlabamaOctober 8, 1910
1 Victim - Name UnreportedMid Way, AlabamaJanuary 4, 1907
1 Victim - Name UnreportedReform, AlabamaJuly 16, 1917
1 Victim - Name UnreportedRiverton, AlabamaMarch 10, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedToadvine, AlabamaOctober 14, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedUnion Spring, AlabamaApril 2, 1911
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLocality Unknown, AlabamaOctober 12, 1896
2 Victims - Names UnreportedGeorgiana, AlabamaSeptember 29, 1891
2 Victims - Names UnreportedMontevallo, AlabamaOctober 13, 1892
2 Victims - Names UnreportedMonroeville, AlabamaSeptember 2, 1889
2 Victims - Names UnreportedSelma, AlabamaApril 5, 1894
2 Victims - Names UnreportedLocality Unknown, AlabamaDecember 10, 1893
Ziegler, WilliamLocality Unknown, AlabamaMarch 24, 1902
McGregor, MarshalBanks, AlabamaJanuary 5, 1899
Maritt, JohnPickens County, AlabamaMarch 26, 1897
Hayden, JohnLamar County, AlabamaJune 1, 1897
Green, MarthaGreenville, AlabamaApril 21, 1895
Deane, MaryGreenville, AlabamaApril 21, 1895
Bishop, ScottMarbury, AlabamaDecember 20, 1902
Williams, WilliamInverness, AlabamaApril 19, 1892
Smith, WilliamWetumpka, AlabamaJanuary 4, 1915
Williams, WilliamHenry County, AlabamaAugust 1, 1891
Webb, WileySelma, AlabamaFebruary 14, 1892
Wright, EdLincoln, AlabamaOctober 3, 1910
Williams, WilliamSouth Side, AlabamaMay 11, 1901
ThomasJefferson County, AlabamaApril 25, 1909
ThompsonPritchard, AlabamaOctober 6, 1906
1 Victim - Name UnreportedAndalusia, Alabama1911
Green, JoeHeath, AlabamaFebruary 25, 1913
Phifer, Miles (or Relius)Montgomery, AlabamaSeptember 29, 1919
Crosky, RobertMontgomery, AlabamaSeptember 29, 1919
Temple, WillieMontgomery, AlabamaSeptember 30, 1919
Jenkins, Willie LeeEufaula, AlabamaJanuary 10, 1922
Brown, JohnMontgomery, AlabamaOctober 3, 1922
Lawrence, ElizabethJefferson County, AlabamaJune/July 1933
Donald, MichaelMobile, AlabamaMarch 21, 1981

Search By State