Historical Marker

Lynching in America / Mob Violence in Lithonia

Lithonia · DeKalb County · Erected 2021

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This marker memorializes Black men lynched by white mobs from Lithonia: Reuben Hudson, seized from officers and hanged in 1887, and two unnamed men in 1892, victims of racial-terror violence that went unpunished.

About this site

Lynching in America / Mob Violence in Lithonia is a historical marker in Lithonia, DeKalb County, erected in 2021. It is one of 98 historical markers documented in DeKalb County, among 143 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.7104, -84.1089 near Lithonia. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bruce Street School (historical marker), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Chupp Cemetery, Albert Cemetery, and Rebecca Latimer Felton.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.7104, -84.1089 · Lithonia, DeKalb County

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