Morris Hardy
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Full Name
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Morris Hardy
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Biography
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On April 19, 1925, G.W. “Morris” Hardy, 77 years of age, was lynched in his own home on Ninth Street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth street. He was shot by two white police officers after being accused of “cursing and creating a public disturbance” at Feedwell Cafe on Seventh Street in Downtown Tuscaloosa. Before he died, Hardy was a blacksmith by profession, a trade that he passed down to his son Morris Jr. He was also a husband to Sophia “Sophie” Hardy and father to two children, Lurinda and Morris Jr.
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Documented or Attempted
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Documented
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Birth Date
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Circa 1848
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County of Birth; County of Death
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N/A; Tuscaloosa County
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Death Date
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April 19, 1925
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Age at Death
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77
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Race
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Black
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Sex
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Male
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Researchers
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Lauren Lafrades, Callie Rhodes
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Case Number
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AMP541-19250419-000
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project
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Spouse or Partner
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Sophia Hardy
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Child
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Lurinda Hardy, Morris Hardy Jr.
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Occupation
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Blacksmith