The Mary Turner Project
The Mary Turner Project

The Mary Turner Project

October 14, 2023 10:24pm
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On May 19, 1918, a white mob from Brooks County, Georgia, lynched Mary Turner, a Black woman who was eight months pregnant, at Folsom’s Bridge 16 miles north of Valdosta for speaking publicly against the lynching of her husband the day before. 

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Duration:37:53
Published:October 14, 2023 10:24pm
File Size:34.7 MB
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On May 19, 1918, a white mob from Brooks County, Georgia, lynched Mary Turner, a Black woman who was eight months pregnant, at Folsom’s Bridge 16 miles north of Valdosta for speaking publicly against the lynching of her husband the day before. 

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