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Christopher Davis Community Remembrance Project, Sept. 14

In 1881, Christopher Davis, a biracial man and resident of Athens, was lynched near what is now the Richland Avenue Bridge.

The Ohio University community is welcome to join in the commemoration of a 24-year-old man named Christopher Davis who was lynched in Athens in 1881. The commemoration, coordinated by a local Athens coalition in conjunction with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama, is Saturday, Sept. 14, at 11 […]

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September 1, 2019 at 8:45 pmEvents