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Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition Historical Marker honoring Manley McCauley
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to consider approving the installation of a historical marker in the vicinity of Town Hall to recognize Manley McCauley who was a lynching victim in Orange County. This request is being made on behalf of the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition (OCCRC). Diane Robertson, Committee Co-Chair will make the presentation.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Manager's Office
CONTACT INFORMATION: Anita Jones-McNair, amcnair@carrboronc.gov
INFORMATION: OCCRC is working directly with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to design, and offset expenditures for historical markers in Orange County to recognize the victims of lynching that occurred in the county community. OCCRC approved at their May 4, 2022 meeting to move forward with the next step of this historical marker request that requires Town Council approval.
The Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition formed organically in the summer of 2018, in response to the opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, AL. A group of friends and colleagues in Orange County, NC, convened a meeting to talk about the pressing need to recognize the sufferings and sacrifices of our foremothers and forefathers in ways that would respect them and their descendants, as well as the affected communities, past and present. (See Attachment B.) EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. (See Attachment C) A recently installed marker can be seen in Gwinnett, GA (Attachment D) and more community remembrances can be found highlighted in (Attachment E), including a number installed in other parts of North Caro...
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