This story continues with Ed Johnson’s conviction, the U.S. Supreme Court’s stay of execution and Johnson’s lynching on the Walnut Street Bridge.

2. March 19, 1906

In 1906, a young African American man named Ed Johnson was murdered by a lynch mob on the Walnut Street Bridge in his home town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We Care Now is the story of Ed Johnson and what a group of citizens are doing today to memorialize his murder. We Care Now was created by students of Will Davis at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

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2. March 19, 1906

2. March 19, 1906