“Charlie Morris and Tom Carlson, Companions in Truth” by John Ashworth, Executive Director, Lynching Sites Project of Memphis

I am often emotionally pulled in many directions as I do the work of remembrance of the victims of our nation’s tortured domestic terrorism campaign from the end of the Civil War until about 1960. Along the way, all the people I work with in this effort leave a lasting impression that gets buried in my subconscious. Until that memory gets jarred in some significant way that memory remains among all the rest without much thought.

The March Resumes by Rev. Fred Morton

The March Resumes

June 11, 2018

"A Memorial to the Lingering Horror of Lynching"

The powerful National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Alabama is meant to perturb, not console — and to encourage truth-telling far and wide.

Ida B. Wells Statue Donation

The Lynching Sites Project of Memphis partners with a growing network of organizations and congregations of faith in order to acknowledge our shared history of racial violence and our ongoing resolve for racial justice and racial healing. One such organization is the Ida B. Wells Commemorative Art Committee, which has commissioned the creation of a sculptured monument by Chicago artist, Richard Hunt, to honor the life of Ida B. Wells. Ida B.

Busted for Jesus by Rev. Fred Morton

The March Continues

May 29, 2018

LSP Memphis by Tom Haley

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Say my Name, Say my Name! The Lynching of an enslaved African American Man in Memphis, Tennessee on January 1, 1851 by Jennifer S. Bennie

Say my Name, Say my Name!

The Lynching of an enslaved African American Man in Memphis, Tennessee on January 1, 1851

By Jennifer S. Bennie

A March Completed by Rev. Fred Morton

A March Completed

May 16, 2018

Governor Signs Civil Rights Cold Case Bill into Law

Montgomery Experience by Habiba-Charline Tramel

My reflections of the Montgomery journey. I/we went on Saturday. Our entry was 1:30pm. The museum was informative. For me how long this has been going on. For me like it was something that so called white people were entitled to do. Then the children that are locked up for life. These are children. Who does that to children and why? Museum left me without any and I mean no good feelings about so called white people. So the memorial wasn’t t much better. Walked through the first garden trying to prepare myself for what I was sure was going to effect me in some way.

A Lynching's Long Shadow

By Vanessa Gregory

The April 29th issue of the New York Times has an excellent article by Vanessa Gregory, a writer based in Oxford, Mississippi. The article, "A Lynching's Long Shadow" is about the important story of Elwood Higginbotham; a story from our area that had national implication in the larger tragedy of lynching.

LSP's Service to Commemorate the 79th Anniversary of the Lynching of Jesse Lee Bond

LSP's Service to Commemorate the 79th Anniversary of the lynching of Jesse Lee Bond

I SCARCE CAN TAKE IT IN by Rev. Thomas A. Momberg

One LSP pilgrim’s reflections on the EJI Memorial and Museum in Montgomery

Reflections on EJI's Museum and Memorial by Carla Peacher-Ryan

I was lucky to travel to Montgomery for the opening of the Legacy Museum and the Memorial for Peace and Justice. I was able to attend 4 of the panel discussions, the opening ceremony and the Concert for Peace and Justice. It was overwhelming and incredibly enriching.

One Man’s Thoughts on the Opening of the Legacy Museum and Memorial in Montgomery by John Ashworth

On Thursday, April 26, 2018, The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened in Montgomery, Alabama. It was the vision of Attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). The grand opening was attended by thousands from all over the United States and several foreign countries. The Legacy Museum is the culmination of years of research into America’s history of racial inequality and continued exploitation of Africans brought here in chains against their will.

Arlington must tell truth about 1939 lynching

Opinion | Arlington must tell truth about 1939 lynching

by McKinley Doty

Vigil in Arlington to Honor Jesse Lee Bond, Victim of 1939 Lynching

SATURDAY: Vigil in Arlington to Honor Victim of 1939 Lynching

ARLINGTON, Tenn. - Alumni of Arlington High School, in partnership with the Lynching Sites Project of Memphis, will host a public prayer service and candlelight vigil to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the lynching of Jesse Lee Bond on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Depot Square at 7:30pm.

Opinion | Lynching memorial honors victims' bodies and souls

by John Ashworth

In 1917, James Weldon Johnson, best known as the author of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," visited the site where Ell Persons was burned to death beside the Wolf River, just outside Memphis.

While viewing the residue of the burned body, Johnson remarked that "the truth flashed over me that in large measure the race question involves the saving of black America’s body and white America’s soul."

Memphis church’s reconciliation project reveals untold story of slave-trading operation next door

[Episcopal News Service] A previously little-known piece of history just outside the doors of Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tennessee, is being brought to light as the church prepares to dedicate a historical marker at the pre-Civil War site of the Forrest Slave Mart.

New historical marker to tell truth of Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trade in Memphis

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2018/03/05/new-historical-marker-tell-truth-nathan-beford-forrest-slave-trade-memphis/395351002/

A new Downtown historical marker will "tell the whole story" about Nathan Bedford Forrest and the antebellum slave trade in Memphis.

The new marker, sponsored by Calvary Episcopal Church, Rhodes College and the National Park Service, will be unveiled and dedicated April 4.

It will be erected near the corner of Adams Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard, on the church's property and near a 1955 historical marker for "Forrest's Early Home."

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