People's Grocery

Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart, all African-Americans and co-owners of People's Grocery, were arrested in connection with a disturbance near their store and, rather than being brought to trial, were lynched on March 9, 1892. Moss' dying words were, "Tell my people to go west--there is no justice for them here." Their lynching prompted Ida B. Wells, editor of Memphis Free Speech, to begin her anti-lynching campaign in this country and abroad.

Memphis, Tennessee · United States