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Folder 1: AJC articles/book review, 2021-02-23, 2021-02-08, 2021-03-31

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Collection number: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In May of 1918, Hampton Smith, a 31 year old White plantation owner in Brooks County, Georgia was shot and killed by one of his Black workers named Sydney Johnson. What ensued after the shooting was a mob driven manhunt for Johnson and others thought to be involved in his decision to kill Hampton Smith. That manhunt lasted for more than a week and resulted in the deaths of at least 13 people with some historical accounts suggesting a higher number of persons killed. One of the people killed...
Dates: Publication: 2021-02-23; Publication: 2021-02-08; Publication: 2021-03-31

Folder 4: Valdosta Daily Times Editorial/Article, 2021-10-10, 2021-10-16

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Collection number: 4
Scope and Contents

Editorial from VDT "Time to revisit Mary Turner legacy" suggeting a memorial at the Lowndes County courthouse.

Dates: Publication: 2021-10-10; Publication: 2021-10-16

The Mary Turner Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: MS -170
Scope and Contents In May of 1918, Hampton Smith, a 31 year old White plantation owner in Brooks County, Georgia was shot and killed by one of his Black workers named Sydney Johnson. What ensued after the shooting was a mob driven manhunt for Johnson and others thought to be involved in his decision to kill Hampton Smith. That manhunt lasted for more than a week and resulted in the deaths of at least 13 people with some historical accounts suggesting a higher number of persons killed. One of the people killed...
Dates: 2021-04-21

Book 1: The Black Bag by John L. McCoy, 1973

 Book — Box: 1, Book: 1
Collection number: 1
Scope and Contents

The Black Bag is written by John L. McCoy, copyright 1973. On page 13 there is a mentioned of the lynching of Mary Turner.

Dates: 1973

Folder 2: 2018 Presentation, 2018

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Collection number: 2
Scope and Contents

Summary of viewing of "The Lynching of Mary Turner" art exhiit in the archives from presentation of Rachel Matie-Crane Williams - Associate professor at the University of Iowa.

Dates: 2018

Folder 3: "Elegy for Mary Turner", 2021

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Collection number: 2
Scope and Contents

Copy of "Elegy for Mary Turner: An Illustarted Account of a Lynching" by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams. Includes card acknowledging the assistance of VSU Archivist, Deborah Davis. also includes prose published in journal "Meridians: feminism, race, translation, Vume 19, Number 1, April 2020, pp. 14-31

Dates: 2021

Folder 5: VDT Article - New Historical Marker, 2021-12-14

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Collection number: 5
Scope and Contents

Article about new historical marker to replace original one that was vandalized.

Dates: Publication: 2021-12-14