Marker honoring Georgia lynching victim installed in Atlanta
TYLER ESTEP, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 9, 2021
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1of5People gather to watch the installation of a historical marker that tells the story of the lynching of Porter Flournoy Turner in Atlanta s Druid Hills community, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Porter Turner was lynched near the area in August 1945. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Alyssa Pointer/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5D. E. Smith, right, chair of the DeKalb Remembrance Project, which operates within the DeKalb County NAACP, receives a hug from Druid Hill resident Schaune Griffin, following a short ceremony to erect a historical marker for Porter Flournoy Turner, who was lynched in 1945, in Atlanta s Druid Hills community, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Both women participated in getting the marker installed. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Alyssa Pointer/APShow MoreShow Less