Moore's Ford Bridge Lynching Re enactment

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE! RESPECT, UPHOLD, AND ENFORCE THE RULE OF LAW!!

GABEO’s Day of Remembrance

67^th Anniversary Commemoration and

9^th Annual Reenactment of the Lynchings at the Moore’s Ford Bridge, Monroe, GA

Remembering Victims of Lynchings Throughout the USA

Saturday, July 27, 2013, 12 Noon Sharp

1^st African Baptist Church, 130 Tyler Street, Monroe, GA 30655

(Highway 11, Across from Church’s Chicken)

12 Noon, Church Opens for Meditation and Prayers for Justice and Pre-Reenactment Rally

(1 Hour)

Invited Guest Speakers will include National and Local Civil/Human Rights, Clergy and Political Leaders

Narrator, Mr. Robert Howard, Civil Rights Activist, Walton County

Director, Rev. Cassandra Greene

Coordinator, Ms. Hattie Lawson, Former Chair, Athens Area Human Relations Council

 

Reenactment Timeline: 

1:00 p.m.  Leave 1^st African Baptist Church for Visitation of the Malcom and Dorsey Gravesites

4:45 p.m.  Arrive at the Farm House of Barney Hester, 2932 Hester Town Road

(This is where the altercation occurred leading to the arrest of Roger Malcom, Sunday, July 14, 1946.)

5 p.m.  Leave Barney Hester’s House

5:15 p.m.  Arrive at the Old County Jail, 203 Milledge Avenue, Downtown Monroe

(Place where Roger Malcom was held for 11 days.)

5:30 p.m.  Leave the Jail en route to the Moore’s Ford Bridge (This is the exact time that Loy Harrison (white farmer) took the Malcoms and the Dorseys from the jail and delivered them to the KKK lynch mob waiting at the Moore’s Ford Bridge.) (July 25, 1946)

6 p.m.   Arrive at the Moore’s Ford Bridge for the Reenactment Ceremony and Call for Justice: Arrest and Prosecution Now!!

7 p.m.  Benediction: At the Historic Memorial Marker Dedicated to the Legacy of: Roger and Dorothy Malcom (and Justice, unborn infant), George and Mae Murray Dorsey.  And a Challenge to Us All to Continue Our Quest and Pursuit of Justice.

 

Note: There is a $35,000 Reward for information that leads to the Arrest and Prosecution of the Killers.  If You Have Information of the Lynchings, Please Contact: The GBI – 404-244-2600 or the FBI – 404-679-9000.  For More Information Contact:  Rep. Tyrone Brooks, President, Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, 404-656-6372 or 404-372-1894, or visit our Web site: www.ga-gabeo.com 

Message to the killers:  “You can run but you can’t hide forever!” America, we must respect and uphold “The Rule of Law.” 

 

Directions from all major areas in Georgia are on reverse.   Please forward this agenda to everyone on your list.

 

Directions

 

From Atlanta:

Take I-20 East

Exit at Conyers-Athens # 82 (Highway 138)

Turn left and head straight to Monroe

(Pass McDonalds on your left and keep straight on Highway 78)

Exit at Highway 11 (Monroe Exit)

Turn right

Go one block and turn left on Tyler Street

Church is on your left (look for Church’s Chicken on the right)

 

Coming I-20 West:

Exit at Monroe Monticello Exit #98

Turn right. Stay on Highway 11 straight to Monroe

(Approximately 13 miles)

You will pass through downtown Social Circle

Go straight ahead to Monroe – Stay on Highway # 11

Look for Church’s Chicken on your left

Turn right on Tyler Street

You are at the church.

 

Coming From Athens:

Take Highway 78 West to Monroe

Exit on East Spring Street, come into town

Take a right on Broad Street at courthouse (Hwy.11)

Turn right and come up to Church’s Chicken

Turn right on Tyler Street.

 

Coming from Stone Mountain or Gwinnett County Area:

Take Highway 78 East to Monroe

 

Coming from Macon area:

Exit at Forsyth/Monticello

Turn right, stay on Highway 83 to Monticello

Then take Highway 11, North all the way to Monroe

(Follow the instructions as outlined above)

1^st African Baptist Church is on the corner of Highway 11 and Tyler Street

(across from Church’s Chicken)

 

Note:  If you pass Church’s Chicken you have gone too far.

 

Church Telephone Number (770) 267-5819