The Lynching of Edward Roach
ID: NC1920070701
Name(s) of People Lynched: Edward Roach
Number of People Lynched: 1
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Lynching Date(s): 1920-07-07
Year Marker Erected: 2020
Erected by:
City: Roxboro
County: Person
State: North Carolina
Marker Text: On the afternoon of July 7th, 1920, Ed Roach was lynched by a mob of approximately 200 white terrorists. He was wrongly identified as the person who attempted to assault a young white girl. He was arrested and taken to jail. A mob gathered at the jail, brought him to Shady Hill Baptist Church (across the road), lynched him with a chain and riddled his lifeless body with bullets. No one was ever prosecuted for this crime.
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