Telling a fuller, more complete history is a partial, but necessary step toward healing and the possibility of reconciliation. Collectively, we need to know a fuller history of our past. We need to understand how things were done and why they happened. In this state and in our county, we need to acknowledge the truth of lynching: the fact that many times, a mob of white men abducted and brutally killed a Black man in Lafayette County. We need to acknowledge that mob violence is never acceptable. We need to understand lasting impacts of lynching on our community and families within our community. It is only in telling the truth and hearing the truth that we can address the injustice of these acts.
Lafayette Community Remembrance Project
Members of the Lafayette Community Remembrance Project are: Rev. Dr. Gail Stratton, April Grayson, Lydia Koltai, Effie Burt, Michael Johansson, Rev. Duncan Gray, Randon Hill, Alonzo Hilliard, Terry Hilliard, Deanna Kreisel, Jon Scott, Martha Scott, Rev. Wil Howie, Fred Laurenzo, Laura Harper, Correl Hoyle, Donald Cole, Hans Sinha and Pastor Lee Robinson.
