Cicero Cage
Biographical Information
Cicero Cage
- Full Name
- Cicero Cage
- Victim Profile
- Cicero Cage
- Biography
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On March 13, 1919, Cicero Cage, 19 years old, was lynched in Ralph, Alabama, by a mob of white men from the Parks Mill neighborhood after being accused of pulling a young Caucasian female from the neighborhood off her horse. Cicero (Roy) Cage lived in Etwah county his whole life and was the son of Sam and Blachea Cage as well as the older brother to Girtrude, Lela, Lemon, Mittie, and Mat Cage. After Cicero Cage’s lynching, his father fought for justice and accountability for Cicero’s death, but the mob
was never brought to trial. - Documented or Attempted
- Documented
- Birth Date
- Circa 1900
- County of Birth; County of Death
- Etwah County; Tuscaloosa County
- Death Date
- March 13, 1919
- Age at Death
- 19
- Race
- Black
- Sex
- Male
- Researchers
- Tony Smith
- Case Number
- AMP541-19190313-000
- Identified by:
- Alabama Memory Project
- Father
- Sam Cage
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Nov 4, 2023
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Nov 4, 2023