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Scenic Roots

What's Next For The Ed Johnson Memorial

More than a century ago - in 1906 - Ed Johnson, a 24-year-old African American man, was lynched on the Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga.  Today, the effort to build a memorial on the south side of that bridge recently achieved a major goal.  LaFrederick Thirkill is a founding member of The Ed Johnson Project…