Tennessee Lynching Victims Memorial

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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

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An NAACP flyer campaigning for the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in 1922, but was filibustered to defeat in the Senate. Dyer, the NAACP, and freedom fighters around the country, like Flossie Baily, struggled for years to get the Dyer and other anti-lynching bills passed, to no avail. Today there is still no U.S. law specifically against lynching. In 2005, eighty of the 100 U.S. Senators voted for a resolution to apologize to victims' families and the country for their failure to outlaw lynching. Courtesy of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Some Exhibits to Come – One Hundred Years of Jim Crow
Mammy Statue JC Museum Ferris
Bibliography – One Hundred Years Of Jim Crow
Claude, age 23, just months before his 1930 murder. Courtesy of Faith Deeter.
Freedom’s Heroes During Jim Crow: Flossie Bailey and the Deeters
Souvenir Portrait of the Lynching of Abram Smith and Thomas Shipp, August 7, 1930, by studio photographer Lawrence Beitler. Courtesy of the Indiana Hisorical Society.
An Iconic Lynching in the North
Lynching Quilt
Claxton Dekle – Prosperous Farmer, Husband & Father of Two
Ancient manuscripts about mathematics and astronomy from Timbuktu, Mali
Some Exhibits to Come – African Peoples Before Captivity
Shackles for Adults & Children from the Henrietta Marie
Some Exhibits to Come – The Middle Passage
Slaveship Stowage Plan
What I Saw Aboard a Slave Ship in 1829
Arno Michaels
Life After Hate: A Former White Power Leader Redeems Himself

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Alf Family Lynched in Austin, Indiana

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Name Murdered In Date
1 Victim - Name UnreportedForest Hill, TNFebruary 11, 1893
1 Victim - Name UnreportedJellico, TNDecember 7, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedMemphis, TNFebruary 15, 1912
1 Victim - Name UnreportedNashville, TNDecember 15, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedNewcastle, TNJune 23, 1897
1 Victim - Name UnreportedParsons, TNApril 25, 1895
1 Victim - Name UnreportedSouth Pittsburg, TNSeptember 26, 1900
1 Victim - Name UnreportedTrenton, TNJune 30, 1896
1 Victim - Name UnreportedWaynesboro, TNMarch 4, 1892
2 Victims - Names UnreportedLake County, TNJuly 22, 1907
2 Victims - Names UnreportedWebb City, TNFebruary 17, 1897
3 Victims - Names UnreportedClifton, TNDecember 6, 1911
4 Victims - Names UnreportedCaney Springs, TNOctober 7, 1901
16 Victims – Names UnreportedGibson County, TNAugust 1987
Alexander, RobertRipley, TXJanuary 3, 1904
Allen, CharlesMcKenzie, TNNovember 15, 1896
Ball, JamesCharlotte, TNJuly 7, 1894
Ballard, FrankJackson, TNJune 1, 1894
Bell, WilliamDixon County, TNJuly 14, 1894
Bell, AlexanderMt. Pelia, TNOctober 5, 1892
Billings, LutherBrunswick, TNOctober 10, 1905
Blackwell, DennisAlamo, TNAugust 27, 1892
Blount, AlfredChattanooga, TNFebruary 9, 1893
Borman, GreenShelbyville, TNFebruary 19, 1912
Bowman, LawrenceFranklin, TNAugust 15, 1868
Brake, JosephRipley, TNDecember 10, 1903
Brooks, ThomasSommerville, TNApril 28, 1915
Brown, CurtisNewburn, TNOctober 8, 1902
Brown, CharlesSoddy, TNFebruary 26, 1897
Bruce, RobertTiptonville, TNSeptember 13, 1910
Burley, GarfieldNewburn, TNOctober 9, 1902
Call, GeorgeLynchburg, TNJanuary 7, 1899
Chambers, WilliamBellbuckle, TNAugust 11, 1899
Choate, HenryColumbia, TennesseeNovember 13, 1927
Clark, RobertBristol, TNJune 13, 1891
Clay, SamuelMartin, TNJune 12, 1896
Cole, WalterMorgan County, TNJanuary 21, 1908
Collar, JohnGodson, TNMarch 21, 1898
Cross, NimrodSardis, TNJuly 6, 1896
Crump, PatrickWhite Haven, TNJune 1, 1911
Crutchfield, BalliRome, TNMarch 16, 1901
Davis, JohnLewisburg, TNNovember 13, 1902
Devert, ThomasErwin, TNMay 20, 1918
Donald, Samuel MHuntingdon, TNNovember 19, 1896
Douglas, YorkMcMinnville, TNApril 17, 1896
Dumas, L CGleason, TNJune 8, 1893
Elder, JimRobertson County, TNFebruary 18, 1881
Ellis, JeffBraden, TNOctober 15, 1895
Estes, GeorgeHales Point, TNOctober 29, 1906
Everett, CharlesManchester, TNMay 19, 1892
Fuller, HarrisonLexington, TNJanuary 8, 1892
Gamble, JohnPikeville, TNOctober 22, 1893
Gause, AndersonHenning, TNJanuary 16, 1900
Howard, ElmoPulaski, TNMay 8, 1908
Gilmer, BillMemphis, TennesseeMarch-April 1879
Giveny, HenryRipley, TNJanuary 9, 1900
Giveny, RogerRipley, TNJanuary 9, 1900
Gooden, AlbertCovington, TNAugust 17, 1937
Gregory, LampsonBells Depot, TNMarch 6, 1894
Gregson, JohnUnion City, TNMarch 21, 1913
Grer, WalterShelbyville, TNFebruary 19, 1912
Grizzard, HenryGoodlettsville, TNApril 28, 1892
Grizzard, EphriamNashville, TNApril 30, 1892
Gwyn, RonceTullahoma, TNMarch 8, 1905
Hall, EdwardMillington, TNSeptember 1, 1894
Hawkins, DanielMillington, TNSeptember 1, 1894
Hayes, JohnMillington, TNSeptember 1, 1894
Hayne, JosephJellico, TNFebruary 26, 1893
Haynes, RobertMillington, TNSeptember 1, 1894
Haynie, FrinchHendersonville, TNFebruary 16, 1891
Higgins, JimRobertson County, TNFebruary 18, 1881
Hunter, JohnLewisburg, TNAugust 4, 1903
Huntley, ThomasCumberland Gap, TNMarch 26, 1891
Hurd, CharlesWartburg, TNNovember 21, 1895
Jamieson, ArchRobertson County, TNSeptember 15, 1880
Johnson, EdwardChattanooga, TNMarch 19, 1906
Johnson, JerryFarmington, TNSeptember 3, 1895
Johnson, GeorgeMurfreesboroAugust 28, 1908
Jones, CharlesElk Valley, TNJune 24, 1903
Jones, DavidNashville, TNMarch 25, 1872
Jones, JessieJellico, TNMarch 19, 1893
Jones, HughMiddleton, TNJuly 14, 1908
King, FredDyersburg, TNFebruary 18, 1901
King, "Doc"FayettevilleSeptember 6, 1895
Landers, LoebDresden, TNAugust 1, 1892
Lawson, AlbertParis, TNJuly 20, 1909
Lewis, WilliamTullahoma, TNAugust 25, 1891
Lillard, ThomasWoodbury, TNJuly 1, 1892
Lych, G WEstill Springs, TNFebruary 10, 1918
Mallory, Charles "Lock"Robertson County, TNFebruary 18, 1881
Mallory, WyattSpringfield, TNApril 29, 1901
Martin, MrsSummer County, TNFebruary 3, 1892
Mayberry, MartinBryant Station, TNApril 2, 1891
McClennon, WalterHuntingdon, TNOctober 4, 1901
McDowell, CalvinMemphis, TNMarch 9, 1892
McGahey, OziasFayetteville, TNNovember 29, 1895
McGreeg, HenryPioneer, TNFebruary 11, 1894
McIlheron, JimEstill Springs, TNFebruary 12, 1918
Millikin, JohnLewisburg, TNAugust 4, 1903
Miller, AmosFranklin, TNAugust 10, 1888
Mitchell, JosephMcConnell, TNNovember 13, 1891
Mitchell, JosephRives, TNMay 27, 1898
Montgomery, HenryLewisburg, TNApril 18, 1894
Moss, ThomasMemphis, TNMarch 9, 1892
Neal, DavidShelbyville, TNFebruary 19, 1912
Nershbred, WilliamRossville, TNAugust 12, 1894
Noles, HenryWinchester, TNApril 25, 1901
Noyes, BerryLexington, TNApril 22, 1918
Perry, JamesKnoxville, TNJune 10, 1894
Person, EliMemphis, TNMay 22, 1917
Rankin, QuintenWalnut Log, TNOctober 19, 1908
Reams, LoganDuplex, TNSeptember 10, 1900
Reed, Jesse FLocality Unknown, TNDecember 14, 1892
Reed, JosephNashville, TennesseeApril 30, 1875
Rice, LewisRipley, TNMarch 23, 1900
Roberts, IrwinShady Valley, TNDecember 17, 1892
Robinson, JosephFayetteville, TNNovember 29, 1895
Samuels, JacobRobertson County, TNMay 27, 1912
Sanders, HenryLavernia, TNMarch 13, 1891
Scales, JamesPikeville, TNNovember 23, 1944
Scott, LationDyersburg, TNDecember 2, 1917
Scott, BradfordPinson, TNMarch 10, 1891
Seacey, ThomasHaywood, TNApril 29, 1904
Sharp, WilliamTiptonville, TNSeptember 13, 1910
Shaw, JohnLynchburg, TNJanuary 17, 1899
Sheppard, LawrenceMemphis, TNAugust 24, 1917
Simpson, FrankLexington, TNJanuary 8, 1896
Small, AllenLynchburg, TN1904
Smart, JohnChapelton, TNNovember 19, 1898
Smith, NeedhamTipton County, TNNovember 10, 1894
Smith, GeorgeUnion City, TNApril 17, 1931
Staples, JacobHeiskell's Station, TNFebruary 19, 1890
Stevens, EdwardSavannah, TNNovember 17, 1890
Stineback, EdwardTiptonville, TNNovember 24, 1908
Stineback, MarshallTiptonville, TNNovember 24, 1908
Stineback, TennesTiptonville, TNNovember 24, 1908
Stewart, William "Henry"Memphis, TNMarch 9, 1892
Sweet, JamesGallatin, TNMay 25, 1911
Tait, CharlesMemphis, TNAugust 21, 1893
Talley, HarrietPetersburg, TNMarch 20, 1895
Taylor, JimFranklin, TNApril 30, 1891
Taylor, R EWalnut Log, TNOctober 19, 1908
Telley, JohnDyersburg, TNNovember 7, 1913
Thomas, WilliamDyersburg, TNMarch 10, 1916
ThompsonDyer, TNJuly 5, 1891
Thurmond, RichmondRipley, TNAugust 8, 1898
Thweat, BobRobertson County, TNFebruary 18, 1881
Thweat, Lou (AKA Lun Stell or Lum Small)Robertson County, TNFebruary 18, 1881
Underwood, JamesDecatur, TNMay 12, 1902
Vancy, EugeneManchester, TNOctober 15, 1895
Walling, BenDecaturville, TNJuly 19, 1891
Washington, CharlesMine Lick, TNJune 23, 1898
Wells, GreenLocality Unknown, TNMay 26, 1891
Whitakes, EnlessLynchburg, TNFebruary 6, 1902
White, GrahamMillington, TNSeptember 1, 1894
Whitley, WilliamLebanon, TNMarch 1, 1916
Williams, ElbertBrownsville, TNJune 22, 1940
Williams, HenryGadsen, TNMarch 16, 1890
Williams, JohnJackson, TNSeptember 14, 1893
Williams, WarnerMillington, TNSeptember 1, 1894
Williams, JohnMountain City, TNSeptember 26, 1898
WilliamsTiptonville, TNOctober 3, 1900
Williamson, TonyWest Point, TNJuly 15, 1897
Willis, HeckLebanon, TNMay 31, 1892
WilsonDresden, TNSeptember 4, 1915
Woods, ElizaJackson, TNAugust 19, 1886
Winston, JohnLafayette, TNJune 8, 1911
Woodward, ThomasHumboldt, TNAugust 18, 1890
Ford, AndrewGainesville, FloridaAugust 24, 1891
Smith, SamuelNashville, TNDecember 15, 1924
Upchurch, JosephParis, TNJune 17, 1927
Williams, ThomasMemphis, TNSeptember 28, 1927
Cheek, James CordieMaury County, TNDecember 15, 1934

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