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Alexandria Gazette Packet 25 Cents Alexandria Gazette Packet 25 Cents Serving Alexandria for over 200 years • A Connection Newspaper August 12, 2021 City dedicates marker in memory of ‘Face Yourselves’ lynching victim Benjamin Thomas. By Jeanne Theismann Gazette Packet s twilight descended across the city, the powerful strains of “We Shall Overcome” rang out at the Aintersection of Fairfax and King streets as a crowd gathered Aug. 8 to re- member Benjamin Thomas, a 16-year-old who was lynched at that site 122 years ago. It happened around midnight, Aug. 8, 1899, when a mob of 2,000 white Alexandri- ans attacked the city jail on North St. Asaph Street. With a rope around his neck, Thomas was dragged to the intersection known as Leadbeater Corner opposite Market Square. Acting Chief of Police Don Hayes speaks at the Aug. 8 Along the way, he was pelted with stones remembrance ceremony for Benjamin Thomas, a 16-year- and pieces of iron, stabbed and shot several old who was lynched at the corner of Fairfax and King A crowd gathers at the corner of Fairfax and King streets Aug. 8 to times before being hanged from a lamppost. streets on Aug. 8, 1899. dedicate a marker commemorating the Aug. 8, 1899, lynching of “We can never bring justice for Benjamin 16-year-old Benjamin Thomas. Thomas but with perseverance we can begin Photos/City of Alexandria to tell the truth, which will move to reconcil- iation,” said Rabbi David Spinrad of Beth El Hebrew Congregation just prior to unveiling the historic marker at the site of the lynch- ing. Two years earlier, on April 23, 1897, an- other African American teenager, Joseph McCoy, was lynched at the corner of Cam- eron and Lee streets after being pulled from his cell at the police station. A historic mark- er was dedicated at that site earlier this year. Both markers are part of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project, which A crowd fills Market Square Aug. 8 for the twilight ceremony commemorating the is working with the Equal Justice Initiative lynching of 16-year-old Benjamin Thomas, which took place Aug. 8, 1899. A marker based in Montgomery, Ala. The Equal Justice was dedicated at the corner of Fairfax and King streets where the lynching took place. Initiative published “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror” in 2015 and opened The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in 2019. The memorial includes over 800 steel monuments, or pillars, one for each coun- ty in the United States where a racial terror lynching took place, with the names of the lynching victims engraved on the pillars. Communities across the country will be able to claim their pillars and install them in the Worshipful Grand Historian McArthur counties they represent and the ACRP is Myers, 31st Masonic District MHPHGLVA, working towards that end. leads the wreath laying procession from Joining Spinrad in the remembrance cer- Market Square to the corner of Fairfax emony for Thomas were Alexandria Mayor and King streets on Aug. 8, 2021 as part Justin Wilson, Acting Chief of Police Don of the remembrance ceremony and mark- Hayes, Sheriff’s Office Captain Sean Casey, er dedication in memory of Benjamin Alexandria Poet Laureate KaNikki Jakarta, Thomas. Thomas was 16 years old when Alexandria City Hall is illuminated in purple, the color of mourning, in honor of Shiloh Baptist Church Rev. Taft Quincey he was lynched at that intersection on Benjamin Thomas, a 16-year-old who was lynched at the corner of Fairfax and King Heatley, Beulah Baptist Church Rev. Profes- Aug. 8, 1899. streets on Aug. 8, 1899. Carlyle House and the George Washington Masonic Memorial sor Quadricos B. Driskell, and vocalist Tanya were also illuminated in purple from Aug. 6-9 in memory of Thomas. Wilkins. Worshipful Grand Historian McAr- that in both Alexandria lynchings, the white thur Myers, 31st Masonic District Most Wor- authorities were deliberately complicit in of the Black community who were willing to erything can be changed that is faced, but shipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia, their refusal to name and bring to justice stand up to white violence. nothing can be changed unless it is faced.” led the wreath laying procession from Mar- members of the white mob. In the case of In closing the remembrance ceremony, Driskell concluded simply, “Face your- ket Square across the street to the site where Thomas, the officers defending the jail Rev. Driskell quoted novelist and activ- selves.” Thomas was murdered. were not prepared to protect the prisoner. ist James Baldwin: “You cannot lynch me To learn more about Benjamin Thomas and Research by the Alexandria Community Instead, city officials and law enforcement and keep me in ghettos without becoming the events of Aug. 8, 1899, visit the In Memo- Remembrance Project committee showed officers obstructed and punished members something monstrous yourselves…. Not ev- riam page at Alexandriava.gov/Historic. REAL ESTATE Finding All Opportunities in a Changing Market. From adding a Maryland license, to closing our first commercial deal, we have had a busy first half of 2021. Most importantly, we have been working full press for our buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, and investors to navigate this year’s market. With over $33M in sales so far, our expertise is evident. Buying, selling or renting a home is a big life decision, so it is important to work with a team you can trust. If you are looking to make a move or would like a market evaluation of your home, give us a call. Jillian Keck Hogan Real Estate Licensed in VA, DC & MD | 703.951.7655 | JillianKeckHogan.com 109 S. Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 | 703.549.9292 | Equal Housing Opportunity 2 v Alexandria Gazette Packet v August 12-18, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News Big Money for Big Biz, Not as Much for Poor Lawmakers go on a sion. Meanwhile, groups advocating for low-income Virginians had a harder time. spending spree with Many advocates were hoping to persuade the governor and lawmakers on the mer- billions of dollars its of affordable housing, a need that is expected to become more pronounced from Uncle Sam. when a federal eviction moratorium ex- pires. They were not successful, despite a detailed plan to construct 7,000 new By Michael Lee Pope units of affordable housing circulated by GAZETTE PACKET the Virginia Housing Alliance. “We would have preferred that there ig business cleaned up this week, would be more money for unemploy- taking home the biggest prizes ment and other things such as affordable in the special session to spend housing and some other things under B$3 billion in stimulus cash. Next family and child welfare we would have year, their taxes will be lower because of preferred,” said Jay Speer, executive di- an $862 million investment into the un- rector of the Virginia Poverty Law Cen- employment insurance trust fund. And ter. “But we’re certainly hopeful that in telecommunications giants will bankroll the next budget cycle next year we’ll see windfall profits from the $700 million some of these things.” available to expand broadband internet. Meanwhile, low-income Virginians YET ANOTHER PROPOSAL for stimulus didn’t fare quite as well. spending that was rejected by the Dem- Gov. Ralph Northam and Democratic ocratic leadership was a proposal to use majorities in the House and Senate re- local neighborhood schools as a commu- jected a proposal from the Virginia Hous- Photo by Michael Lee Pope/Gazette Packet nity hub for offering social services. The ing Alliance to build 7,000 new units of Democrats who wield the gavel in the House and Senate crafted a plan to spend $3 billion idea was that the school wouldn’t just affordable housing. And they rejected a of stimulus cash. They also appointed an entirely new slate of judges to the appeals court, offer educational services, it would also proposal from the Fund Our Schools coa- expanding its jurisdiction and shifting its politics. be a community hub where people could lition that would have used local schools get other services that wrapped around as community hubs to distribute wrap- public education — things like food securi- around services such as housing assistance day afternoon, a few hours before parading very important problem that I want to bring ty, housing, internet access or health needs. or food security. Some argued that spending them through two committee hearings and attention to.” The Fund Our Schools coalition presented this pot of money on broadband is a mistake, giving them a final vote. The new judges in- research showing these kinds of schools especially considering the money Congress clude four women and four African Ameri- THE SPECIAL SESSION offered an oppor- allow students to focus on learning rather is about to unleash. cans, a counterbalance to the current bench tunity for lawmakers to spread billions of than economic insecurity. “This is not an equity budget,” said Kim that’s disproportionately white and male. dollars in federal stimulus money, creating “Most advocates in the coalition are dis- Bobo, executive director of the Virginia Pov- “We elected an unprecedented level of an opportunity to help people in need and appointed that we didn’t see any funding erty Law Center. “The big-ticket items really diversity to the bench,” said House Majori- also fund specific projects in House districts during the special session for community are large-scale infrastructure and long-term ty Leader Charniele Herring of Alexandria. where Democratic incumbents are in diffi- schools,” said Chad Stewart, manager of ed- projects that really will do little in the short “Today we took a historic step forward in cult elections.
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