May 19, 1918: Mary Turner refused to stay silent
On May 19, 1918, Mary Turner, a 19-year-old Black woman who was eight months pregnant, was lynched in Lowndes County, Georgia, after publicly speaking out against the extrajudicial killing of her husband. She and her unborn child were killed at Folsom Bridge, 16 miles north of Valdosta. No one was ever convicted for the murders.
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