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SALISBURY, Md. -- There is a new vision to understand and heal from past racism in Wicomico County. It is from multiple county organizations who feel City of Salisbury officials
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The Lynching Memorial Project, which held an event Saturday, is a volunteer initiative that aims to document the history of the approximately 40 Black people who were killed by mobs in the Free State between 1854 and 1933, seek public acknowledgement of the murders and honor the victims’ lives.
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The Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission held a hearing on the 1885 lynching of a Black boy Saturday.
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The Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission held a hearing on the 1885 lynching of a Black boy Saturday.
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The Harford County Committee of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project held a remembrance ceremony and soil collection Saturday morning in Bel Air’s Shamrock Park in honor of the three Black men who were lynched in Harford County.