The Gainesville Community Remembrance Project, in partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) of Montgomery, Alabama, held a Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony on Saturday, March 12, at the Martin Luther King Jr Multipurpose Center (1028 N.E. 14th Street, Gainesville).
This event was part of the Gainesville Community Remembrance Project’s work for truth and reconciliation regarding the history of racial terrorism and lynching in Alachua County during the Jim Crow era. This event commemorated the traumatic era by memorializing the lives of Gainesville victims.
Michelle Duster spoke about her great-grandmother, Ida B Wells, a courageous activist involved in organizing for racial justice in Florida during the Jim Crow era. Representatives from EJI were present for the ceremony.
