Lynching site’s a reminder of past victims
Mother Georgia King (center) lays flowers on the grave of lynching victim Thomas Moss at Zion Cemetery on Thursday, July 15. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A ceremony Thursday at the site of three lynchings more than a century ago was part of a week of Ida B. Wells events leading up to Friday’s statue unveiling.
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Ida B. Wells Lynching Sites Project of MemphisRob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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