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* [[Jeff Curry]]- [[March 18]],[[1888]], at the [[Blue Creek Mines]] in [[Adger]] | * [[Jeff Curry]]- [[March 18]],[[1888]], at the [[Blue Creek Mines]] in [[Adger]] | ||
* [[Hardy Posey]]- [[April 23]], [[1888]], at the [[Southern Railway Depot]] in [[Bessemer]] | * [[Hardy Posey]]- [[April 23]], [[1888]], at the [[Southern Railway Depot]] in [[Bessemer]] | ||
* [[George Meadows]]- [[January 15]], [[1889]], at [[Pratt Mines]] | |||
* [[John Steele]]- [[September 27]], [[1889]], near [[Pratt Mines]] | |||
* [[Tom Redmond]]- [[June 17]], [[1890]], at [[Brookside Mines]] | |||
* [[Henry Smith]]- [[November 16]], [[1890]], in [[Hillman]] | |||
* Unidentified person- [[November 17]], [[1890]], at the [[Birmingham Mineral Railroad]] | |||
* [[Robert Mosely]]- [[November 14]], [[1894]], in [[Dolomite]] | |||
* [[James Anderson]]- [[October 9]], [[1896]], near [[Rocky Creek Bridge]] in [[Toadvine]] | |||
* [[Henry Cyat]]- [[October 10]], [[1896]], in [[Toadvine]] | |||
* [[William Wardley]]- [[December 7]], [[1896]], in [[Irondale]] | |||
* [[Jake McKenzie]]- [[March 22]], [[1897]], at [[Brookside Mines]] | |||
* [[James Thomas]]- [[July 3]], [[1897]], in [[Blossburg]] | |||
* Unidentified person- [[May 11]], [[109]] on the [[Southern Railway Train Route]] in [[Leeds]] | |||
* [[Charles Bentley]]- [[August 2]], [[1901]], in [[Leeds]] | |||
* [[Jerry Johnson]]- [[September 9]], [[1907]], in [[Birmingham]] | |||
==Coalition== | ==Coalition== | ||
The JCMP is a coalition of over 40 community partners and citizens of Jefferson County, including: | The JCMP is a coalition of over 40 community partners and citizens of Jefferson County, including: | ||
Revision as of 12:42, 14 September 2019
Created in June 2018, the Jefferson County Memorial Project [JCMP] was created in response to an invitation by the Equal Justice Initiative for Alabama counties to claim monuments that correspond to over 800 documented incidents of racially motivated murders.
Lynching Victims of Jefferson County
JCMP Fellows researched the 30 documented lynching victims that have occurred in Jefferson County:
- Lewis Houston- November 24,1883, at Linn Park
- Unidentified person- April 22,1886, at Pratt Mines
- Monroe Johnson- September 28,1887, in Leeds
- Jeff Curry- March 18,1888, at the Blue Creek Mines in Adger
- Hardy Posey- April 23, 1888, at the Southern Railway Depot in Bessemer
- George Meadows- January 15, 1889, at Pratt Mines
- John Steele- September 27, 1889, near Pratt Mines
- Tom Redmond- June 17, 1890, at Brookside Mines
- Henry Smith- November 16, 1890, in Hillman
- Unidentified person- November 17, 1890, at the Birmingham Mineral Railroad
- Robert Mosely- November 14, 1894, in Dolomite
- James Anderson- October 9, 1896, near Rocky Creek Bridge in Toadvine
- Henry Cyat- October 10, 1896, in Toadvine
- William Wardley- December 7, 1896, in Irondale
- Jake McKenzie- March 22, 1897, at Brookside Mines
- James Thomas- July 3, 1897, in Blossburg
- Unidentified person- May 11, 109 on the Southern Railway Train Route in Leeds
- Charles Bentley- August 2, 1901, in Leeds
- Jerry Johnson- September 9, 1907, in Birmingham
Coalition
The JCMP is a coalition of over 40 community partners and citizens of Jefferson County, including: Graham Boettcher, Director, Birmingham Museum of Art Joi Brown, Marketing Manager, Birmingham Civil Right Institute Carol Clarke, Project Director and Community Development Specialist, Corporate Realty Development Scott Douglas, Executive Director, Greater Birmingham Ministries Myeisha Hutchinson, Jefferson County Outreach Manager for Congresswoman Terri Sewell T. Marie King, Speaker and Trainer Meg Daniel Nelson, Director of Development, Create Birmingham Abigail Schneider, Project Director Jim Sokol, Civic Volunteer
The Jefferson County Memorial Project staff includes Abigail Schneider,as Project Director Lisa L. Daniels as Outreach Coordinator, and Lauren Harris, as Web Developer.