National Park Service studying eight Memphis lynching sites
A historical marker remembering the lynching of Ell Persons on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 on Summer Ave. near Putt Putt Golf and Games. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Preservationists at the Lynching Sites Project of Memphis believe that the Ell Persons site will eventually achieve a spot on the National Historic Register.
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Sarah Dassinger
Sarah Dassinger grew up in Chicago and is a junior at Rhodes College, majoring in history with minors in philosophy and Spanish and is also completing a journalism certificate.
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