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We mark the places. We follow the cases. We preserve the truth. A permanent place to honor Black lives lost through lynching and racial terror in America.
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Age 29
Tasia Fortune was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home. A defendant has pleaded not guilty to murder, and authorities said additional arrests were expected.
Modern case — under active monitoring
Last verified September 18, 2026
State medical examiner ruled homicide; motive not publicly stated
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Age 38
Demetrius Eugene Fleming was found hanging in Roanoke Rapids. Police said they were awaiting reports from a medical examiner.
Modern case — under active monitoring
Last verified September 18, 2026
No final conclusion published
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Age 39
Dennoriss Richardson was found hanging in rural Alabama. A state autopsy ruled his death a suicide; a private autopsy commissioned by his family did not definitively determine the manner of death.
Modern case — under active monitoring
Last verified September 18, 2026
State finding: suicide. Family-commissioned autopsy: undetermined.
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Age 10
Read full record →Isabella “Izzy” Faith Tichenor was a 10-year-old Black autistic fifth grader from North Salt Lake, Utah. She loved dancing and playing four square and is remembered for the joy she brought to her family and community. Izzy died by suicide on November 6, 2021. Her family said she experienced bullying that they believed involved her race, disability, hygiene, and housing circumstances, and that their repeated concerns were not adequately addressed. An independent review later documented failures in the school’s handling, reporting, and investigation of bullying concerns, although it did not establish direct evidence that the bullying was motivated specifically by race or disability. Izzy was a child whose life, dignity, and joy mattered. We preserve her name with care. 🌼
Modern case
Last verified 2026-09-25
An independent review found no direct evidence that bullying directed at Izzy was specifically based on race or disability. It also found that school staff lacked adequate knowledge of the district’s bullying definition and failed to properly document or record bullying reports, interventions, and communications with the family.
History Nebraska reports that after Agnes Loebeck accused a Black man of assaulting her on September 25, 1919, Will Brown was arrested and identified by her and her companion. On September 28, 1919 a mob stormed the Douglas County Courthouse, where he was held, and lynched him. The EJI-erected marker states thousands of white people, aided by local law enforcement, lynched him. Local reporting describes him as beaten, hanged from a light pole, shot, dragged and burned. He maintained his innocence. He was accused but never tried.
Historical record
Last verified 2026-09-21
No conviction for the lynching located. The Clio states that after months of investigation the only arrests related to destruction of the courthouse.
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Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022
Signed into law on March 29, 2022, the Act recognizes a qualifying conspiracy to commit a federal hate-crime offense as lynching when it results in death or serious bodily injury, or includes certain other specified offenses.
Public law
117-107
Federal provision
18 U.S.C. § 249
The law does not automatically apply retroactively to historical cases. This section provides public information, not legal advice.
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