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Map: Georgia lynchings by county, 1880-1968
Visitors view an Atlanta exhibition of lynching artifacts in 2002. (JOEY IVANSCO/AJC file)
By Pete Corson
May 4, 2018The map below was created from this database by Monroe Work Today Dataset Compilation & Tuskegee University Archives. Visit their project to learn more about the sources used for it.
» Read more about Georgia's lynchings, including the infamous Mary Turner case. And learn more about the flimsy reasons that mobs lynched people -- power was always the true motive.
About the Author
Pete Corson is a Presentation Specialist for the Digital Storytellers team and works closely with the Enterprise and Investigative teams. He has worked at the AJC since 1998. He enjoys bringing the best of the paper's journalism to life on your digital devices and finding new ways to tell the stories that make Atlanta unique.
