Historian fights to remove Dougherty County from National lynching memorial

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) – A Dougherty County historian and filmmaker is fighting to change the narrative for Dougherty County when it comes to lynching. Specifically, he is working to remove the county from the National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. According to an interactive map, over 500 lynchings happened in…

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