1/16/16 Slocum Massacre Historic Marker Dedication by Andrew D. Brosig
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A row of cars lines Farm Road 2022 near Slocum as family and friends make their way on foot to the site of the Texas State Historic Marker memorializing the July 29, 1910, events which came to be known as the Slocum Massacre on Saturday, July 16, 2016, near Slocum, Texas. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Author E.R. Bills talks about his research during a historic marker dedication ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at Slocum High School in Slocum, Texas. Bills wrote "The 1910 Slocum Massacre: A Genocide in East Texas," detailing the killings of unknown numbers of black residents by their white neighbors, and was instrumental in helping the family secure a historic marker from the state. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Descendants of Slocum Massacre survivor Jack Holley and his sons, Marsh and Lusk, gather with members of the community and friends for a Texas State Historic Marker dedication ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at Slocum High School in Slocum, Texas. After more than 20 years of work by the family, the marker memorializing the July 29, 1910, killings of unknown numbers of black residents by angry white neighbors was finally erected and unveiled. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph