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Watkinsville (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Moore's Ford Memorial Committee collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31001005175378], Folder: 1-12
Collection number: MSS-061
Overview

The collection pertains to the Moore’s Ford Memorial Committee, which operated in Clarke, Oconee, and Walton counties from 1997 to 2004 in response to renewed interest in the 1946 Moore’s Ford lynching. The collection contains meeting minutes and agendas that detail Committee efforts such as annual scholarships and a memorial service for the victims of the lynching; and documents pertaining to the Georgia Historical Society marker at the location of the lynching.

Dates: 1992-2004; Majority of material found within 1997-2003