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Ed Johnson Memorial
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On March 19, 1906, Ed Johnson, a young African American man, was murdered by a lynch mob in his home town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had been sentenced to death for the rape of Nevada Taylor, but Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court had issued a stay of execution. To prevent delay or avoidance of execution, a mob broke into the jail where Johnson was held, abducted him, and lynched him from the Walnut Street Bridge.
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Walnut Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403
Coordinates: 35.05587, -85.30776
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