Anderson University students dug into the story of one of Anderson County s known lynching victims. Their work was made public as the traveling Anderson Area Remembrance Coalition s sculpture took its
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A local group wants to remember five victims of lynching in Anderson County. These are their stories.
Alongside information from the local reconciliation group, the Independent Mail searched newspaper archives to find information about the victims.
Caitlin Herrington, Anderson Independent Mail
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4:59 pm UTC May. 3, 2021
A group of Anderson County residents is working with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to remember victims of lynchings in the area.
The five people identified through the project are Edward Sullivan, Elbert Harris, John Laddison, Reuben Elrod and Willis Jackson, according to organizer Stuart Sprague. We would like to memorialize these men who were unjustly taken out, whipped, beaten, hanged, shot with bullets and, in every case, no one was ever held accountable, Sprague said.