It was 1931 when an African American was lynched in downtown Salisbury.
This Sunday a group called Showing Up for Racial Justice Delmarva plans to hold a nighttime walk that will follow the same route as the white mob that hanged Matthew Williams.
Amber Green, executive director of the Fenix Youth Project, told the Salisbury Daily Times that she hopes this will begin a set of frank discussions about race in Salisbury.
She added that this was an opportunity for the community to learn its history.
James Yamakawa, co-founder of Justice Delmarva, told the paper that he would like to see county officials put up a marker or allow one to be installed to keep Williams’ memory alive.
Williams was arrested on suspicion of shooting his employer but was taken from a bed at the Peninsula Hospital and lynched.
His body was also set on fire as many African Americans in the nearby neighborhoods looked on or hid from the violence of the white mob.
