Talk:Salisbury, Maryland

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Is that some kind of code for the city being segregated? The Dissident Aggressor 07:29, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The lynching of

Notable? I lived in Salisbury for most of my life. Never heard of him. He's tragic, not notable. Name one monument to him. Name one long-lasting effect his death has had on the city, county, state or anywhere. Name one accomplishment he had in life. To be notable, he has to have done something worth noting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.166.113.9 (talk) 16:58, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that an account of the 1931 lynching of Matthew Williams belongs in this article, as it is indeed part of Salisbury's documented history. I first heard of this very unfortunate event 36 years ago from long-term residents when I was a young congressional aide working for the federal representative of the time. These older citizens (now deceased) were determined that I know of this untoward part of Salisbury's history, as certain others were trying to deny the event; I had to search several libraries subsequently to find any secondary source that made any mention of this awful occurrence. The current text lists two newspaper references that are surely adequate to document the event, although it would be helpful to include more academic published references as well (there are several such references in the linked Wikipedia article on Matthew Williams, the lynching victim).