The case of Alexander McClay Williams

As we kick off Black History Month, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better lesson than the efforts of local educator and author Sam Lemon on behalf of Alexander McClay Williams.

Williams was just a kid, 16 years old, when he was put to death back in 1931 for the murder of a matron at the Glen Mills School, where the teen was a 'resident.'

Lemon is convinced Williams was unjustly convicted.

Read this story and you can see he makes a power argument for his case.

This coming Sunday, Lemon will present a seminar on his findings from 2-4 p.m. at Media Fellowship House, 302 S. Jackson St. in Media.

The title of his talk is "The Story that Shocked the County."

It is not an understatement.

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