Six-Decade-Old Lynching Case Is Investigated
July 3rd, 2008Two Black sharecropper couples died in a notoriously gruesome race murder

Federal and state investigators and lawmakers are hoping that, after 62 years, they can bring to justice the dozen or so men who riddled four Black sharecroppers with bullets and cut the unborn baby from one of the victims in the last recorded mass lynching in America. It was July 26, 1945 when a mob, armed with shotguns, rifles and machine guns, took the foursome to the Moore’s Ford Bridge and shot them hundreds of times. One of the men had been accused of killing a White man two weeks earlier. A Klansman bootlegger bailed the suspect out of jail, and drove him, his wife, her brother and her brother’s wife to the bridge, where they were massacred. This week, officials from the FBI and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation retrieved boxes of evidence from a home in a rural Georgia community of Walton County. “The FBI and GBI had gotten some information that we couldn’t ignore with respect to this case,” GBI spokesman John Bankhead told CNN. For the past several years, Tyrone Brooks, a member of the Georgia state House, has been pressing for justice in this 1946 case. “We just hope and pray they can bring some of these suspects to the bar of justice before they die, because they’re all getting up in age,” said Brooks, the president of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials. At the national level, Rep. John Lewis, who represents Georgia in the U.S. House, sponsored a bill that provides $10 million a year over the next decade to investigate lynch cases from the ‘50s and ‘60s. Although a lone Oklahoma senator, Tom Coburn, has been blocking the legislation – he almost never supports measures that require federal dollars – but his recently indicated that he might be willing to allow the legislation to go through.
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Iam pretty sure that the people who have done this have cursed lives, In the bible it says that the Lord will punish the wicked to the third and fourth generation. But hey it would be extra special if they were caught and spent the rest of their lives in jail.
THIS IS AMERICA PEOPLE. IF A BLACK PERSON COMMITS A CRIME AGAINST A WHITE PERSON, “JUSTICE” IS ALWAYS SWIFT. WHEN WHITES COMMITS CRIMES AGAINST BLACKS OR ANY MINORITY, YOU’D BE LUCKY TO SEE JUSTICE AT ALL. INTIMIDATION IS THE WAY THEY RUN YOUR LIFE. WHILE DAVID DUKE RAN FOR OFFICE IN LOUISIANA, I SHOOK HIS HAND. IT SHOCKED HIM AND HIS BODYGUARDS. WHEN ASKED WHY I DID IT, I SAID THAT THEY DIDN’T SCARE ME. I DON’T INTIMIDATE EASY. MY FOREFATHERS PAID THE UNFAIR DEBT FOR ME AND I’M NOT PAYING IT ANYMORE. FOR THIS CASE, THE MEDIA WILL PROBABLY SWEEP THIS UNDER THE RUG OR FIND A BETTER STORY TO PASTE OVER IT.
THIS IS PRECISELY THE HISTORY THAT BLOGGERS LIKE UMLAW WANT US TO FORGET AND MOVE ON!!! THEY WANT US TO SWALLOW IT AND ACT LIKE IT DID NOT HAPPEN. THIS IS JUST ONE STORY!!!THERE ARE MANY,MANY, MANY OTHER INJUSTICES DONE TO BLACKS THAT ARE NOT EVEN REPORTED BECAUSE THE LAW (WHITE) WERE THE CULPRITS AND BLACK LIFE WAS OF ZERO VALUE!!! 62 YEARS AFTER THE MASACRE AND NOW THEY HAVE SOME EVIDENCE…WERE THE POLICE THAT INCOMPETENT BACK THEN OR JUST THAT RACIST!!!!!!! LYNCHING WAS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE BACK THEN BUT NOW THEY HAVE LESS OBVIOUS WAYS TO HURT US…
Wow! how many years after the fact. Are the people who hanged these to even still alive? and if so what will be there punishment. How many times have this happen and no one was punished. I only hope with this case being reopened something good comes out of it, for any family members that are left. Jeff Lewis Detroit.
Oklahoma senator, Tom Coburn….Ok..this Senator better get with it!!…justice must be served for the black families that this horrific crime happened to. I could hardly get through reading this article. How in the devil can there be so much hatred in this world against an innocent people. Lord!!! ..how much more can we endure and how much have we endured at this point. I can’t see for the life of me why is this senator Tom Coburn holding up legislation to prevent justice from being served in this case..though he say he might be willing to allow it to go through. To me this is just as any other cold case…and there’s no of statue of limitations on murder. I feel this is more than MURDER…FOR IT IS SO NASTY …VENDICTIVE AND FULL OF EVIL..HATREAD…JUST TOO MUCH. God Bless Us All……LETS LOVE GOD PEOPLE!!!
Wake up America
July 26, 1945 a mob, armed with shotguns, rifles and machine guns, took the wife, her brother and her brother’s wife to Moore’s Ford Bridge, where they were massacred and shot them hundreds of times, and cut the unborn baby from one of the victims in the last recorded mass lynching in America.
They’re all up in age, Tyrone Brooks, pressing for justice in this 1946 case.
My question is, what kind of justice will these klansmans receives after all these years. Will just going to prison surfice? Remember, they’re all up in age. Why wait all of these years to try to bring justice to this notoriously gruesome murder. What is the smoke screen behind all of this? What is their gimmick? Do they plan on giving any compensation to the surviving families?
IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS!
The hand of mankind, is always tied to the action it causes or is responsible for. Regardless if it is handled in a so-called law, in the eyes of any or all of mankind. In other words, EACH SHALL REAP WHAT YE SO SOWETH!
Now thats a horrible thing to look at thats the reason why I say that people are failing to realize that this is where it seem that life coming back to after looking at that photo it kind of es anyone off that this is what they aactually thought of people in those and now it seems like this is where its at right now.
I hope these people will get what they deserved the rest of there life in prison. And I hope the woman who said Emmett Till whistle at her get what’s coming to her also. She is are was alive when Ed Bradley tried to interview her a few years ago, I saw her on T. V. looking out the window.
I say the perfect solution to this crime is to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the responsible parties and police department. They did it to O J so they can do it to these racists. Even if the persons in question are dead, their families are still living and probably have their property and/or money. White justice tastes bad when served back to them. That or just lynch them???
There will never be justice against any African Americans. Do you know why? The white man can give a f*** about our black a**, plain and simple. We did not ask to come to this country in the first place, we were forced by lazy, jealous, worthless white men. They could not build their country by themselves they had to get slave to do all the work for them. In us they saw profit, they did not see another human being. Now back in the slave days they would tell black to go back where they came from,but if they would sit back and rethink their history we did not ask to come to American.
Now for black with the present, like it has always been said black men have two strikes against them when they come into this world their color and they are men. Whites do not want a race to be stronger or smarter in them. I would like for everyone to read up on this guy called Willie Lynch if you do not already know him. This gentlemen was called on by other slave masters to teach them how to get their slaves in line. Willie Lynch said take the minds of slaves and make them fight against each other to where we can’t think for ourselves. This gentlemen would go from slave master to slave master if you destory the mind we have nothing. We as African Americans have to come together and realize what is going on in this country. When Obama get’s in office all blacks should arm themselves very well. Me personally I purchase shotguns and hand guns, this world is about to fall apart as soon as they declare Obama the winner. Every race for himself, or Every WHITE MAN FOR HIMSELF!AFRICAN AMERICAN UNITE!!! BLACK POWER!
UMlaw
HERE WE GO AGAIN, YOU BLACK PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BLAMING WHITES FOR YOUR FAILURES. YOU PEOPLE NEED TO LET THE PAST GO. READING STORIES LIKE THIS ONE ONLY CAUSE MORE RACISM. YOUNG BLACK MEN (AGED 20-30) ALREADY COMMIT THE MAJORITY OF CRIMES IN AMERICA, THAT’S WHY THE POLICE ARE JUSTIFIED IN KILLING THEM. I’M IN LAW SCHOOL SO I KNOW MORE ABOUT LAW THAN MOST OF YOU ILLITERATE BLACKS ON THIS WEBSITE. MOST OF YOU CAN’T EVEN SPELL. GET AN EDUCATION. FORGET THE PAST. NONE OF YOU WERE SLAVES ANYWAY. STOP WAITING FOR YOUR 40 ACRES AND A MULE. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS WRONG TOO. GET AN EDUCATION, STOP COMMITTING THE MAJORITY OF THE CRIMES, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIVES INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS!!! STOP PLAYING THE RACE CARD ALL THE TIME. YOU BLACK PEOPLE ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST RACIST ALIVE! YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM ASIANS LIKE ME. ASIANS ARE CONSIDERED THE MODEL CITIZENS.
It’s over and done with, let the past be the past and future be the future. There are many other crimes that were done to black peolpe around that time, it would be impossible to convict all those people. What we should be doing is, using all that money and energy on the crimes against blacks now!!!! Look foward to the future and try to change it so history won’t repeat it self
One love ya’ll
The children of Israel were enslaved for 400 years. God finally sent Moses, one of Pharoah’s own (he was adopted into Pharoah’s family) to save His Hebrew children and bring them out of bondage with a mighty hand. God is doing this today, with Presidential Candidate, Barack Obahma who happens to be mixed with both black and white to save His people of the same oppression. I said all that to say this . . .
Our ancestors paid an awesome price, their lives, to get us where we are today, by standing up for what is our right . . . LIFE! We must not forget our past, but embrace our future, because our time is NOW! God sends punishment for all those who go against His will, but it is not always the way we expect it to come. One of the comments above told the truth about the cursings of the generations of those who sin against God. Hold on my people, it will be a task, but we must fight and take this country and our destiny by force with our education, intelligence and unconditional love for one another. This is what our ancestors died for, yes even the sharecroppers. Lets honor them by learning, voting, owning and not borrowing, and loving our people to help better each other.
There is no crime committed when someone black dies, we didn’t matter then and it doesn’t matter now. Racism is alive and well in America. I only wish that our economy was as high.
STOP USING MY USERNAME TO WRITE MESSAGES!! YOU HAVE NO CLASS IN DOING THAT. YOU’RE A COWARD IF YOU WANT TO USE MY NAME TO SEND MESSAGES THAT I MAY NOT EVEN BELIEVE IN!!
COWARD
Isn’t something, How Corburn kept trying to over turn these legislations for decades. Maybe? he has couple of “generation curses” disturbing him NOW!!! Well maybe now these spirits can “REST IN PEACE” AMEN
To UMlaw or whom ever you are:
Since you know so much about law. Then you would know it was unlawful for you to make a comment. Especially, since you have a problem with blacks, and our opinions. Admit it, under all that hatred you have towards us, you really what to be one of us. Peace I leave unto you!!!
They should be killed the same way. Anyone who is still living that is. This angers me everytime. How bigots killed blacks and still lived long productive lives. ONLY IN AMERICA!
This story & others like it needs to be published & taught to people of african ancestry.This is to the person that wrote asians` are “model citizens”: I guess you forgot to mention that to all the asian organized crime & gang members.Honestly,when I read your comment I laughed,why you ask,you tell us to stop waiting on our 40 acres & a mule.Do your people say that when the asians that come to this country recieve money(gov grants,money for bieng refugees etc.).The fact that you said that you were educated & then went on to say that “affirmative action was wrong”,you are mistaken if you think affirmative action was strictly for black people.Along with black people it included all people of color it also included women.When you attend class you should really pay attention that is if you are in law school.Faith In God!!!!!
Talib: I didn’t write the comment you were referring to. There is a rampant problem on the BET blogs where other people’s log-in names and emails show up on your pages. I see other people’s info as well. Someone, i don’t know who but i have guesses, took the cowardly/classless avenue by writing a message using my name.
While I may agree with a couple of the things the impostor wrote (affirmative action), there were several that i do not agree with.
Affirmative action mostly helps Blacks and Latinos in the US. Asians do not get help…they aid the underrepresented races in certain schools. Do you think that Business schools and Med schools are underrepresented by Asians?
With all historical events closure is required and good. The families of the surviors can begin to heal on that part of the families history.
For the mobs family members, learning about the men’s behavior that were involved changes everything about how they were viewed. Also to track the lives of these men for our generations to see. Were they Priest, teachers, police officers? You get the picture.
The message here is you are not to old to be prosecuted for your past deeds.
Talib, thanks for the sprinkling of the “educated” idiot bigot. It was most needed. lol
Fact:
Caucasian females benefit the most from affirmative action.
Which is another reason bigots detest it.
Off topic;
But Guess who’s the minority in AMERICA now?
THE BIGOTS!! lmao
This is why we see these desperate idiots taking to the internet now,…. Instead of coming out front to plead for their position. Oh but that’s right, you hide then too. [white sheets, arson in the night,political arena, news networks, police precincts and so on. haha]
Your wish is to be as fly as we [BLACK PEOPLE] are. So you study us but then manipulate the media only showing the negatives. While you train intensely to master our positives [which are many].
Take a page from BLACK HISTORY, why don’t you.
Take to the streets and march uncovered and peacefully. lmfao
THERE IS NO PROGRESS WITHOUT STRUGGLE.
But the bigotry movement is on the decrease. Finally weeded your @sses down to exactly where you wanted to keep people of color and women.
THE EFFIN’ BOTTOM and going lower.
So Dress cool!
Wow i just don’t understand how you Black americans can stand side by side with people like that & fight for your so called country? for years it has shown no respect for the Black race at all, now you hve freedom you choose to waste it on foolishness!!
Lomdon :
England is just as bad if not worse with racism,
just travel around the world including in
your on homeland where racism is just as prevalent.The ghetto’s of england is just as bad
as anywhere…
Typo: London………
It is truly ashame. Racism is alive and well in the United States of America. I do not blame Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party for retaliating. I think we as black americans became to comfortable over the years and just took what was given to us. If we stood together as a nation as a people no one would be able to stop or hold us down.
Amen esang a race full of cowards,if we don’t stand up for something we fall for anything.
Sometime in life we must die for what we believe in,or we will never be respected………..
I posted a message that never showed up on the here yet. The “man” runs this site as well!
justice [lease
UMLaw if you are asian then how the f**k do you call yourself white, you are not white you are a slant eye fool who should stay off this Black web site if black people offend you so much. You have nothing to do with black and white issues,shut the f**k up and go back to your own communist country.Keep out of these issues it dont have nothing to do with your racist ass.
Blacks aren’t the minority and haven’t been for quite a while. Everyone is trying to be and look like us. They even talk and dress like us. It has gotten so bad that we are starting to dress like them(wtf). The facts are that every African American born in the US has white blood in them. Remember, slave masters always “had” the black females who in turn had the mixed race kids. Then some of the slave masters’ wives started getting pregnant for the black men. The “man” didn’t like the black man messing with their women so they started killing off the black males who even looked at a white woman. Now, white women mate with black men to ensure the success of their children. Gotta love the times we’re in.
They should still prosecute anyone who took part in those tragedies. Our people should shake off the old embedded fear of “the man” which they were reared with. Most people fear the black man more than anything. And it if not because of crime. Rather, it is because of his mind. If the black mind was so small, we would still be slaves. we were a race which adapted fast in any environment. We taught ourselves to read while in slavery. The majority of your greatest inventions and discoveries were made by blacks. Shut down a mind….shut down a race. Think people!
Someone said it right early on. WAKE UP! There are thousands of stories just like these. Do you honestly think they are going to waste tax payer money and the man power( white officers, FBI agents, and detectives trying to really solved what happened over 60 years ago?.. Blacks too?
Come on,
this aint no game, so don’t try and play into it!!!
I hope their families can try to have some peace.
what’s the point now, I’m not trying to be mean and I hope that the family has been able to find peace, reading a little of this story now after so many years is sooo sad still but these folks that are still living and had something to do with it has lived a full life so putting them in Jail won’t do anything, cause we will be paying for their stay in jail, they will be like on a retirement plan and will be laughing in our faces, I hope that their lives wer full of turmoil but putting them in jail now really isn’t justice cause they’ve lived.
Rebasweet: a) i never called myself white; b) YOU are the racist; c) I WAS BORN HERE…I’M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN…I CAN SPEAK THE NATIVE TONGUE (ENGLISH) BETTER THAN YOU CAN…I KNOW THE LAWS OF THE US MORE THAN YOU; d) this is a public site; e) i only argue/discuss against those that are ignorant (YOU), or do wrong.
Don’t be a hypocrite by calling ANYONE else a racist
Being black or white has nothing to do with having reasonable opinions on their state of affairs, or issues. I can use my intelligence and past experiences to argue for or against certain comments/issues. Why do you think companies sometimes have outside consultants to come into their offices to correct wrongs??
UMlaw (or the impersonator)how dare you say you are not a racist to make such statements as YOU BLACK PEOPLE… And where do you get your statistics on black males commiting the most crimes in america. This is a public website open to all BUT if BLACK people offend you so much get off a predominately BLACK website where discussion’s and articles are written basicaly affecting BLACK people… Better yet get a life as I can see your comments started on 7/3 and you continue to look through the same article comment section to see if anybody responded. WHAT A LOSER!
Angela: well, first of all, i didn’t write a couple of comments on here. Someone ‘took’ my username/email add. and wrote a post impersonating me.
I would like to say to TYRONE BROOKS you are a good man and keep up the good work.EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY!
I know who you are! I was born and grew up in this area; Walton County. As a Kid I notice one day while stopping at a grocery store that there was a white girl with a two-tone face. One side of her face was White [Caucasian], and the other side of her face was like fire [reddest]. I was told by my Elders that this girl Mother had witness the lynching and shooting of these black People while she was pregnant. And this damage to her face was like a curse, demon, and sign of fear that was projected at these times. This cowardly act was a signal for the White female as well as the White Males. It sent a message that they were the Polices, and they were the Law of the land, and that People of Color had no rights atall. If this Woman is still alive, she probably has something to say. She has been living with this all her life.
This is but ONE incident that come to mind while growing up as a {shared cropper}. I`ve been terrified of these white Devils all my life; I was fortunate because My DADDY did`nt play that.