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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)
Visitors view an Atlanta exhibition of lynching artifacts in 2002. (JOEY IVANSCO/AJC file)
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May 4, 2018

The 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.