The Memphis Landmarks Commission endorsed an application Thursday, Dec. 22, to make the 1917 Ell Persons lynching site part of the National Register of Historic Places.
The Tennessee Historical Commission will consider the designation next month, followed by the National Park Service.
The site where Persons was burned alive in front of a mob of 5,000 was once the Macon Road Bridge, along the Wolf River and by Summer Avenue.
Daily Memphian
Source date:
Dec 22 2022 (all day)
