Sunni Patterson and professor at Xavier University Ron Bechet place soil into jars during the unveiling ceremony for the 1900 Mass Lynching in New Orleans historical marker on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard in New Orleans, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The soil came from the location where Hannah Mabry was shot and killed in 1900. One jar will stay in New Orleans and the other will go to the National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Ala.
STAFF PHOTO BY SOPHIA GERMER