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On July 25, 1946, a white mob seized two young Black couples, George and Mae Dorsey and Roger and Dorothy Malcom, and shot them near Moore's Ford bridge in Walton County. The killings, often called America's last mass lynching, were never prosecuted.
Moore’s Ford Lynching is a historical marker in Monroe, Walton County, erected in 1999. It is one of 22 historical markers documented in Walton County, among 105 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.8569, -83.6122 near Monroe. The nearest cataloged historic site is Locklin Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Smith Cemetery, Old Breedlove Cemetery, and Hale Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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