April 24, 2024
Alexandria Community Remembrance Project member McArthur Myers leads the procession for the wreath laying ceremony to mark the 127th anniversary of the lynching of Joseph McCoy April 23 at Penny Hill Cemetery.
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‘Hanged by a Mob’
City marks 127th anniversary of McCoy lynching.
For Joseph McCoy, there were no lawyers, no legal proceedings, no testimony, no trial, no safety. Instead, the 18-year-old, who had been accused of assaulting the 9-year-old daughter of his employer, was dragged from his jail cell to the corner of Cameron and Lee streets and lynched by an angry mob who had breached the police station.
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