Rosie Crowley, center, portrayed the pregnant Dorothy Malcom Monday in a re-enactment of a group lynching in Monroe, Georgia., on July 25, 1946. No one was ever prosecuted for the four killings.The lynchings of Roger and Dorothy Malcom, and George and Mae Murray Dorsey on July 25, 1946, have long been a source of racial tension in Monroe, a town about 45 miles east of Atlanta.
See and hear scenes from the re-enactment
On July 25, 1946, two black couples were riding in a car with a white farmer when they were ambushed by a group of about 20 armed men, believed to be Ku Klux Klan members. The four (Roger and Dorothy Malcom and George and Mae Murray Dorsey) were dragged from the car, beaten savagely and shot over 60 times while they pleaded for their lives. All four died, as well as Dorothy Malcolm's unborn child. The lynching was gruesome and the fact that George Dorsey had been a distinguished soldier in WWII infuriated the public. No one was ever charged in the lynchings, even though the FBI’s report named 55 suspects.
On July 25, 2005, fifty-nine years to the day after the incident a group reenacted the murders, with the hope that the federal government would reopen the case and bring those that were involved to justice.
On July 25, 2005, fifty-nine years to the day after the incident a group reenacted the murders, with the hope that the federal government would reopen the case and bring those that were involved to justice.
Cold-case Convictions in USA
1977: Ex-Klansman Robert Chambliss convicted of 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls in Birmingham, Alabama
1994: Byron de la Beckwith convicted in 1963 sniper murder of Mississippi civil rights activist Medgar Evers
1998: Former Klan leader Samuel Bowers convicted in the death of NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer Sr., killed in 1966 firebombing of his Mississippi home
2001, 2002: Thomas Blanton Jr. then Bobby Frank Cherry convicted of involvement in 1963 Birmingham church bombing
2003: Earnest Avants convicted in 1966 slaying of handyman Ben Chester White, purportedly to lure the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Natchez, Mississippi
2005: Edgar Ray Killen sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 "Mississippi Burning" manslaughter of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi
2007: Former sheriff's deputy and Klansman James Ford Seale convicted in the 1964 deaths of two Mississippi teenagers
-- Sources: CNN, The Associated Press
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Only God can judge and punish, not I. May God have mercy on your souls.
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ReplyDeleteIf you go to heaven and see a white person that means you went to HELL.
ReplyDeleteIf you go to heaven and see a white person that means you went to HELL.
ReplyDeleteWhat a complete moron to say that "if you go to heaven and see a white person that means you went to HELL". First of all, that is a 100% racist comment itself. Secondly, not all white people commit these types of horrible acts. And lastly, if you go to heaven, your not in hell. I advise you to go to school.
ReplyDeleteBtw the Irish were historically the first slaves. They were punished in the hardest ways back in 1641. The African Americans were sold from their OWN people in 1776. The Africans were just trying to get in on a hood deal. Slavery and racism is horrible but to 100% blame white people for these actions is naive and stupid. Know your history before posting your idiot ignorant comments.
ReplyDeleteamen to that, realize that a good lot of white people helped African Americans before you make racist comments
ReplyDeleteI don't care what anyone say that don't justify this behavior these people were animals your so called history facts don't make this right God will repay you for all the innocent blood that was spilled your own hate will destroy you your children will rise up against you and kill you God will repay you not all slaves were sold by there own a there were Meany were taken by force…
ReplyDeletei am black and from mississippi and have met a lot good white people...people wow what a word it made me realize in this world that theyre are good people and bad people because black people are our own worst enemy....
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