Remembrance Projects

Here is a list of Community Remembrance Projects throughout the United States.

From 1878 to 1955, there were approximately 6600 documented lynchings in the U.S.. 

These and other communities have begun their Remembrance Projects. There are many others who have done research or commemoration on local lynchings and are involved in community learning and advocacy projects but they are not listed here. To find out more about what’s happening in your area, just search Lynching Memorials and your state name. Or contact your community branch of the NAACP or any other racial justice or human rights organization in your community or a neighboring community. If that doesn’t work, you may contact some of the projects listed here and ask them how to start.

Alabama

1. Baldwin Community Remembrance - Baldwin County Alabama (Fairhope, Alabama)

2. Jefferson County Memorial Project (JCMP) - Birmingham, Alabama

3. Lee County Remembrance Project - Opelika, Alabama

Arkansas

1. Washington County Community Remembrance Project - Fayetteville, Arkansas 

2. Pulaski County Community Remembrance Project - Little Rock Arkansas

Colorado

1. Colorado Lynching Memorial Project - Denver, Colorado

Delaware

1. The Journey to Freedom Blog - Wilmington, Delaware

Florida

1. Alachua County Truth and Reconciliation - Gainesville, Florida 

2. Pinellas Remembers - St. Petersburg, Florida

3. Palm Beach County Community Remembrance Project - West Palm Beach, Florida

4. Tallahassee Community Remembrance Project - Tallahassee, Florida

5. Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project - Jacksonville, Florida

Georgia

1. Fulton County Remembrance Coalition - Atlanta, Georgia

2. Community Remembrance Project of Forsyth Country - Cumming, Georgia

3. NAACP - DeKalb County Branch - Decatur, Georgia

4. Gwinnett Remembrance Coalition (GRC) - Atlanta, Georgia

Indiana

1. Terre Haute Community Memorializes George Ward with Historical Marker - Terre Haute, Indiana

Louisiana

1. The Orleans Legacy Project (Facebook page: 2orleanslegacyproj) - New Orleans, Louisiana

Maryland

1. Maryland Lynching Memorial - Maryland

2. Maryland Lynching Memorial Project - Annapolis Maryland

Minnesota

1. Minnesota Historical Society and Minnesota Humanities Center - Duluth, Minnesota

2. Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial - Duluth, Minnesota

Mississippi

1. Lafayette Community Remembrance Project - Oxford, Mississippi

2. Newton County Community Remembrance Project Coalition - Hickory, Mississippi

Missouri

1. The Community Remembrance Project of Missouri - St. Louis Missouri (All of Missouri)

2. Black Archives of Mid-America - Kansas City Missouri

Nebraska

1. Omaha Community Council for Racial Justice (On twitter: @occrjr) - Omaha, Nebraska

North Carolina

1. Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition - Chapel Hill North Carolina

2. Buncombe County Community Remembrance Project - Asheville, North Carolina

3. Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Remembrance Project (Contact charmeckremembers@gmail.com) - Charlotte, North Carolina

Ohio

1. Community Historical Marker Project - Athens, Ohio (www.athenshistory.org - Southeast Ohio History Center)

Oklahoma

1. Black Wall Street Memorial - Tulsa, Oklahoma

South Carolina

1. Union County Community Remembrance Project - Abbeville South Carolina

2. Community Remembrance Project - Greenville, South Carolina

3. Community Remembrance Project - Lake City, South Carolina

Tennessee

1. Lynching Sites Project - Memphis, Tennessee

2. The Ed Johnson Project - Chattanooga, Tennessee

Texas

1. Denton County Community Remembrance Project (Join Facebook page for the Denton County Community Remembrance Project to get news) - Denton, Texas

2. Dallas County Justice Initiative - Dallas, Texas

3. Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice - Fort Worth, Texas

4. Historical Marker Dedicated to Lynching Victims in Austin, Texas (eji.org) - Austin, Texas

5. Harris County Remembrance Project - Houston, Texas

Virginia

1. Alexandria Community Remembrance Project - Alexandria, Virginia

2. Community Remembrance - Charlottesville, Virginia

3. Charlottesville Dedicates Historical Marker Remembering Lynching (eji.org) - Charlottesville, Virginia

4. Community Historical Marker Project (eji.org) - Charlottesville, Virginia

5. MLK Commission - Harrisonburg, Virginia

6. Department of Historic Resources (virginia.gov) - Harrisonburg, Virginia (Enter Charlotte Harris in the keyword box. Then click on the Name Item)

7. Commemoration for Charles “Allie” Thompson - Culpeper, Virginia

West Virginia

1. Eastern Panhandle Community Remembrance Projects - Martinsburg, West Virginia