Justice John Marshall Harlan – And His Role In The Ed Johnson Story – Peter Speaks with WUTC
Throughout this year, we have shared the story of Ed Johnson, an African-American man who was lynched on Chattanooga’s Walnut Street Bridge in 1906.
On Sunday, September 19th, the Ed Johnson Memorial will be dedicated near that bridge.
Journalist Peter Canellos – a current editor at Politico and a former editorial page editor of The Boston Globe – recently wrote a book about a key legal figure in the Ed Johnson case: Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court. Listen Here