What the records say
- When
- 25 Jul 1946
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 33.85° N, 83.58° W
- Description
- lynching of four in 1946, near Monroe, Georgia, United States
Moore's Ford lynchings
Unprosecuted 1946 mob lynchings in Georgia, United States
The Moore's Ford lynchings, also known as the 1946 Georgia lynching, refers to the July 25, 1946, murders of four young African Americans by a mob of unmasked white men in the US state of Georgia. The lynching victims were two married couples: George W. and Mae Murray Dorsey, and Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcom.
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