The Life and Death of Wyatt Outlaw
Landmark And Historical Building
Why pick this one
The Life and Death of Wyatt Outlaw documents the Graham, North Carolina lynching site and provides historical resources about Outlaw’s life, death, and legacy.
Best for
- researching Wyatt Outlaw and Reconstruction-era Alamance County history
- learning about the Graham lynching site
- supporting public recognition and memorialization of Wyatt Outlaw
Specialties
- Wyatt Outlaw historical research
- documentation of the 1870 lynching site
- public recognition and memorialization advocacy
What makes them different
- Documents the site in Graham's Sesquicentennial Park where Wyatt Outlaw was lynched on February 26, 1870
- Identifies Wyatt Outlaw as the first African-American elected Town Commissioner and Constable of Graham
- Connects Outlaw's death to the Kirk-Holden War of 1870
- Provides historical articles, news coverage, images, and a Fox 8 WGHP segment about Wyatt Outlaw
- Advocates publicly recognizing and memorializing Outlaw's place in local history
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Contact & Location
- Address
- Court Square, Graham, NC 27253
- Website
- https://wyattoutlaw.wordpress.com/
Services
- historical information resource
- public-history education
- memorialization advocacy