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New Marker Honors Mary Turner, Highlights Lynching History

12/7/2025

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A marker commemorating Mary Turner, a Black woman lynched in 1918, will be displayed at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
The marker, vandalized, highlights Georgia's racial terror, noting up to 550 lynchings between 1880 and 1930.
Turner was killed after she demanded justice for her husband, Hayes Turner.
The first anti-lynching legislation was introduced in 1918.
Lynching became a federal hate crime in 2022.

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A marker commemorating Mary Turner, a Black woman lynched in 1918, will be displayed at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
The marker, vandalized, highlights Georgia's racial terror, noting up to 550 lynchings between 1880 and 1930.
Turner was killed after she demanded justice for her husband, Hayes Turner.
The first anti-lynching legislation was introduced in 1918.
Lynching became a federal hate crime in 2022.