April 24, 2024
A member of the McCoy family stands next to the entrance of Penny Hill Cemetery where lynching victim Joseph McCoy is buried prior to the April 23 remembrance ceremony.
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‘Hanged by a Mob’
City marks 127th anniversary of McCoy lynching.
For Joseph McCoy, there were no lawyers, no legal proceedings, no testimony, no trial, no safety. Instead, the 18-year-old, who had been accused of assaulting the 9-year-old daughter of his employer, was dragged from his jail cell to the corner of Cameron and Lee streets and lynched by an angry mob who had breached the police station.
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