Ceremonies were held to honor the memory of Thomas Juricks, who was killed by a White mob in 1869, the earliest lynching recorded in Prince George's County.
A century and a half after he became the first known lynching victim in Prince George’s County, the spirit of Thomas Juricks was summoned into a darkened auditorium Saturday to see how the community had come together to remember his death at the hands of a White mob.“We are witnesses who are resurrecting Thomas Juricks name, his humanity and his legacy,” said Lois Rosado, a member of the Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project, as she led a libation ceremony.
“While we are commemorating, remembering racial terror lynchings that happened in the 19th century, we can’t forget the ones that happen in the 21st century and that happened in the 20th century,” Rosado said in an interview. “Our country and community know that these things are done to intimidate people.
Juricks and another Black man were initially taken into custody after a White woman identified in news accounts by the last name Dooly was attacked while on her way to work as a teacher. The two men were held under armed guard overnight, before a scrap of cloth supposedly found at scene of the attack was linked to a makeshift bandage Juricks was wearing, according to the Equal Justice Initiative account.
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