On July 25, 1946 not far from the foot of the bridge at Moore's Ford, just 60 some miles outside of Atlanta, Georgia 10-15 unmasked assailants kidnapped and murdered two young black couples. George & Mae Murray Dorsey and Roger & Dorothy Malcolm were in the vehicle of white farmer Loy Harrison, who was giving the couples a ride home across town at the time that the incident occurred. Some 63 years later, after national outrage and actions taken by previous presidents...to this day still - no one has been tried or convicted for these four slayings.

Committed during a time of tense race relations and accepted bigotry especially in the southern region, this crime went on without punishment being sentenced - though there was never any doubt as to who had committed the murders. Fear of retaliation by both white and black members of the community stifled cooperation with law enforcement. That climate has not changed much in the 63 years since I am sad to say. However, the voice of the people and the tolerance of such intolerance is not - and justice can be served for these families.

In the days and weeks ahead this blog, the main Catalina Byrd website, and various pages on other social networking sites will feature more information on this case and what can be done now to help insure that justice and peace are achieved for the families of the Malcolm's and the Dorsey's. Though when (Lord willing) the surviving members of the lynch mob are tried it will only be for 4 lives, know also that Mrs. Dorsey was 8 months pregnant, so really 5 lives were lost that day. I've agreed to lend my voice and my pen to the other organizations in Georgia and throughout the U.S. in asking that those still left living step up and speak the truth and relieve themselves the burden of the secrets weight. Allow the rest of us to make such a fuss that justice is served, no matter how late and be those that take the weight of the pain from the shoulders of the surviving family....and give their mind rest as we do their loved one's spirits.