Dr. Bobbie Legg, Descendant of Lynching Perpetrator, Shares Reflections
A public recognition ceremony on Friday, May 16, marked the completion of the County’s lynching commemoration site in Rockville. The ceremony featured an address by Dr. Bobbie Legg, a Montgomery County native and descendant of one of the perpetrators of the 1896 lynching of Sidney Randolph. Randolph was lynched on July 4, 1896.
MoCoLMP's 5th Anniversary Celebration!
When: Sunday, March 3 from 3-5 p.m. Where: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Drive, Rockville, MD...
Rockville Marker Dedication Photos
See the gallery of images from the dedication of markers remembering lynching victims John Diggs-Dorsey and Sidney Randolph.
Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey: A Conversation
Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey was lynched in Rockville on July 27, 1880. The Conversation Circle will discuss the lasting legacy of this...
From Darkness to Light: Marker Dedication, Nov. 11 at 2 pm
Join MoCoLMP and our partner, the Montgomery County Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation at the marker dedication ceremony...
“It Happened in Rockville” Virtual Photo Exhibit
This exhibit memorializes and honors two men who were lynched in Rockville—Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in 1880 and Mr. Sidney Randolph in 1896....
Two Lynchings: The Remembrance Pilgrimage Walk
Take a walk to discover the history of the lynching deaths of Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in 1880, and Mr. Sidney Randolph in 1896, in...