Slavic Village is finding healing through historical marker in honor of John Jordan, Cleveland’s only known lynching victim – The Land In 1911, John Jordan, a 19-year-old African American, was lynched by a white mob after being accused of stealing cherries off a tree on a white farmer’s orchard – making it one of the only documented ...

Slavic Village is finding healing through a historical marker in honor of John Jordan, "Cleveland’s only known lynching" victim thelandcle.org/stories/slav... #MidwestHistory #legaciesoflynching