Union County Lynching

Memorial to those lynched in Union County at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama; 2022.

Rust-colored metal rectangle engraved with names and locations

Photo by Nancy Snell Griffith

Media

Time Period

Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age (1875 - 1900)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Criminal Activities / Law / Race

Type

Event

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Male

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