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The 1946 Georgia lynching was a quadruple killing on July 25, 1946 of two young African-American couples: George W. and Mae Murray Dorsey, and Roger and Dorothy Malcom, in Walton County, the northern part of Georgia in the United States. Tradition says that the murders were committed on the bridge in Walton and Oconee counties between Monroe and Watkinsville, but the killings actually took place on a dirt road in Walton County near the bridge. The case attracted national attention. The FBI investigated in 1946 but was unable to discover sufficient evidence for the US District Attorney to prosecute anyone. New publicity about the case in the 1990s led to a new investigation by the FBI and the state, but the murderers have not been identified or prosecuted. ==History== In July 1946 J. Loy Harrison employed two young African-American couples as sharecroppers on his farm in Walton County, Georgia. They were George W. Dorsey (born November 1917), a veteran of World War II who had been back in the United States less than nine months after having served nearly five years in the Pacific War. He was married to Mae Murray Dorsey (born September 20, 1922), who was then seven months pregnant. The other couple was Roger Malcom (born March 22, 1922) and his wife Dorothy Malcom (born July 25, 1926). On July 11 Roger Malcom had allegedly stabbed Barnette Hester, a white man; Malcom was arrested and held in the county jail in Monroe, Georgia, the county seat. On July 25, Harrison drove Malcom's wife Dorothy and the Dorseys to Monroe, where he personally posted the $600 bail for Roger Malcom to be freed on bail. At the time Hester was still hospitalized from his wounds.〔ROSE E VAUGHN, " 'He Did Not Deserve It!' Says Lynch Victim Kin," ''The Chicago Defender'' (National edition) (1921-1967); Aug 17, 1946; ProQuest Historical Newspapers ''The Chicago Defender'', p. 12.〕 Harrison then drove with the two couples back to his farm. At 5:30 p.m. that day, he was forced to stop his car at the bridge between Monroe and Watkinsville, where the road was blocked by a gang of 15 to 20 armed white men.〔(HR 477 - State Resolution - Urging investigation of certain murders; President & Atty Gen ), Georgia General Assembly, Last accessed, July 4, 2008.〕 According to Loy Harrison: "A big man who was dressed mighty proud in a double-breasted brown suit was giving the orders. He pointed to Roger Malcolm and said, 'We want that nigger.' Then he pointed to George Dorsey, my nigger, and said, 'We want you, too, Charlie.' I said, 'His name ain't Charlie, he's George.' Someone said 'Keep your damned big mouth shut. This ain't your party.'"〔("The Best People Won't Talk" ), ''Time'', August 05, 1946, Last retrieved July 4, 2008.〕 Silently Harrison watched. One of the black women identified one of the assailants. The mob took both the women to a big oak tree and tied them beside their husbands. The mob fired three point-blank volleys. The coroner's estimate counted sixty shots fired at close range.〔(Susan Muaddi Darraj, "In Black and White", review of Laura Wexler's ''Fire in a Cane Brake'' ), ''Baltimore City Paper'', 1 Jan 2003, Last accessed July 4, 2008.〕 They shot and killed them near Moore's Ford Bridge spanning the Apalachee River, east of Atlanta. After Mae Murray Dorsey was shot, her fetus was cut from her body with a knife. The lynchings captured national attention and generated outrage. President Harry S. Truman created the President's Commission on Civil Rights. His administration introduced anti-lynching legislation in Congress, but was unable to get it passed against the opposition of the southern Democratic bloc. Together with outrage about the Columbia, Tennessee 1946 race riot, the African-American Civil Rights Movement gained awareness and support.〔 (''New Georgia Encyclopedia'': Lynching ), Last accessed July 4, 2008.〕 Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall offered a reward of $10,000 for information, to no avail. After the FBI interviewed nearly 3000 people in their six-month investigation, they issued 100 subpoenas. The investigation received little cooperation, no one confessed, and perpetrators were offered alibis for their whereabouts. The FBI found little physical evidence, and the prosecutor did not have sufficient grounds to indict anyone.〔〔 No one was brought to trial for the crime. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1946 Georgia lynching」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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