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Martha Park

Hard History: The Lynching Sites Project

Many thanks to Martha Parks and the Memphis Flyer for this wonderful article about the involvement of high school students in the Ell Persons story:

This time last year, the 100th anniversary of Ell Persons' lynching seemed far on the horizon. A lot has happened over the course of the year, as Memphians have rallied around the work of the Lynching Sites Project.

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Memphis Burning

Clipping from a 1917 newspaper article about Persons’ lynching (photo by Andrea Morales)

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