PHOTOS: Athens community gathers to remember 1921 lynching victim John Lee Eberhart
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka.
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka. (Photo/Zachary Tate, ztate@randb.com)
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka. (Photo/Zachary Tate, ztate@randb.com)
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka. (Photo/Zachary Tate, ztate@randb.com)
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka. (Photo/Zachary Tate, ztate@randb.com)
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka. (Photo/Zachary Tate, ztate@randb.com)
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka. (Photo/Zachary Tate, ztate@randb.com)
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka. (Photo/Zachary Tate, ztate@randb.com)
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka. (Photo/Zachary Tate, ztate@randb.com)
Athens community members gathered at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, for a remembrance vigil for John Lee Eberhart, an African American man lynched by a mob of over 3,000 white people on Feb. 16, 1921. The vigil was led by prisoner's rights advocate John Cole Vodicka. (Photo/Zachary Tate, ztate@randb.com)
