Who were some of the people we lost?
An African American man named William (aka Henry) Welch, who may have been a local barber, was left to die near Grady Hospital after being attacked and shot.
Frank Smith, an African American Western Union messenger, was attacked by a White mob near a bridge on Forsyth Street. Once the mob caught him, they violently stabbed him and pelted him with stones before throwing his brutalized body over the side of the bridge.
A Black woman named Leola Maddox and her husband were trapped downtown while shopping on Mitchell Street and targeted by a roving White mob. Mrs. Maddox was fatally
stabbed and her husband was severely beaten.
Were any charges made, at all?
No one was charged in these horrific crimes against the African American citizens of Atlanta. No apologies was ever published by the media responsible for cases this massacre of Black lives.
