Moore’s Ford Lynching Historical Marker
ID: GA1946072501
Name(s) of People Lynched: George and Mae Murray Dorsey, Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcom
Number of People Lynched: 4
Race: Black
Gender: Male and Female
Lynching Date(s): 1946-07-25
Year Marker Erected: 1999
Erected by: Georgia Historical Society and the Moore’s Ford Memorial Committee, Inc.
City: Monroe
County: Walton
State: Georgia
Marker Text: 2.4 miles east, at Moore’s Ford Bridge on the Apalachee River, four African-Americans – George and Mae Murray Dorsey and Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcom (reportedly 7 months pregnant) – were brutally beaten and shot by an unmasked mob on the afternoon of July 25, 1946. The lynching followed an argument between Roger Malcom and a local white farmer. These unsolved murders played a crucial role in both President Truman’s commitment to civil rights legislation and the ensuing modern civil rights movement. In 1998, a biracial memorial service honoring the victims was held at Moore’s Ford Bridge
Sources: https://www.hmdb.org