Myles Franklin is an alumnus of Memphis Central High School and George Washington University. During his senior year of high school in 2017, he became involved with the Lynching Sites Project after learning of Central’s frightful involvement in the lynching of Ell Persons. As student body president, he knew that he could spread awareness and help shed light on the darkness that had taken place 100 years earlier. Nearly five years later, Myles has reconnected with LSP to continue to shed light on the Ell Persons tragedy and other lynchings in the Mid-South area.