Re-installation of David Hurst Lynching Marker, Appalachia, Virginia

On Friday, February 9th 2024 the Wise County/City of Norton Community Remembrance Project assembled residents for the re-installation of the Equal Justice Initiative marker recognizing the extra-judicial killing of Black coal miner David Hurst.
In November of 1920, an elderly woman living in the Kent Junction community had accused a Black man of attacking her, spurring a railroad crew into a manhunt. Hurst was arrested and taken to the Wise County Jail. A white mob soon seized him from the jail, hung him and mutilated his corpse.

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Unfortunately, the hatred will never stop. Racism is passed on from generation to generation. The cycle must be broken before healing can begin.

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That's why teaching historical truth to youth is important. This marker does that.