The Mississippi Lynch and Civil Rights Memorial Project Inc.
The Mississippi Lynch and Civil Rights Memorial Project is a memorial recognizing all those that have been lynched as a result of racial tension during History and the modern Civil Rights Movement. Rev. George W. Lee was the first to be lynched in the modern Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's. Lynching is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people.
Belzoni, MS is the future site of the Civil Rights memorial that will recognize all the Civil Rights Activist of the Civil Rights Movement. The ground breaking for this project will be in the late spring of 2014. If you have not sent your story or the stories of your relatives and friends informing us of the role that you or they played in the Civil Rights Movement, do so now where as it may be possible that all the information that we have may be incomplete.
The memorial will continue to add additional names and stories that can be authenticated as part of the Civil Rights Movement. If you would like to support the Civil Rights Memorial Project and have your name on one of the bricks that will reflect the walk through the Civil Rights Trail or honor your friends, family or Civil Rights activist, contact us to purchase your piece of this historical memorial. If you would like to make a contribution make all checks payable to: The Rev. George Lee Museum; and memo :The Mississippi Civil Rights Memorial Project.
Contact Us:
E-Mail: helensims@live.com or revgeorgeleemuseums@live.com
Phone: 1-662-336-2624 or 1-662-836-7761
Address: 17150 Highway 49 Belzoni, MS 39038
Belzoni, MS is the future site of the Civil Rights memorial that will recognize all the Civil Rights Activist of the Civil Rights Movement. The ground breaking for this project will be in the late spring of 2014. If you have not sent your story or the stories of your relatives and friends informing us of the role that you or they played in the Civil Rights Movement, do so now where as it may be possible that all the information that we have may be incomplete.
The memorial will continue to add additional names and stories that can be authenticated as part of the Civil Rights Movement. If you would like to support the Civil Rights Memorial Project and have your name on one of the bricks that will reflect the walk through the Civil Rights Trail or honor your friends, family or Civil Rights activist, contact us to purchase your piece of this historical memorial. If you would like to make a contribution make all checks payable to: The Rev. George Lee Museum; and memo :The Mississippi Civil Rights Memorial Project.
Contact Us:
E-Mail: helensims@live.com or revgeorgeleemuseums@live.com
Phone: 1-662-336-2624 or 1-662-836-7761
Address: 17150 Highway 49 Belzoni, MS 39038
