Alonzo Tucker
For three years, ORP worked with the community of Coos Bay, OR to memorialize Alonzo Tucker, Oregon’s most widely documented African American victim of lynching, who was lynched in Coos Bay on September 18, 1902.
In February 2020, a crowd of 200 gathered in Coos Bay for a soil-collection ceremony near the spot where 28-year-old Alonzo Tucker was killed. The soil was collected from three locations and each bit of soil told part of Alonzo Tucker’s story.
A New Chapter
On June 19, 2021, a community gathered to pay witness to the lynching of Alonzo Tucker at the unveiling of his historical marker. The historical marker was more than just a retelling of history. It was also the making of history.
True Justice
Our failure to remember and repair the legacy of lynching is what has allowed it to evolve. In order to truly reconcile the lynching of Alonzo Tucker, we must put an end to the heir to lynching’s legacy, the death penalty. Only then can we find true justice for the victims of lynching in America.
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