A.L. “Lon” McCamy

Lynching victim

A.L. McCamy was a black man who was lynched in 1920 in Dalton, Georgia, USA. He was the first lynching victim in the United States to be officially investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. McCamy's death was a major factor in the passage of the Justice Act of 1921, which prohibited lynching in the United States. McCamy's case was also the subject of a 1922 book by historian David L. Smith, titled ‘A.L. McCamy:...