George Taylor to be memorialized
The Town of Rolesville and the Wake County Community Remembrance Coalition, in partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative, will hold a ceremony unveiling a historical marker dedicated to George Taylor on Saturday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. at Main Street Park. Taylor was lynched in 1918, and it is the only documented lynching in Wake County although there are stories about others. Why is George Taylor being memorialized? Because we should remember our past. The Wake County Community Remembrance Coalition recognizes victims of racial terrorism to promote healing and reconciliation in the community. George Taylor was a married Black man living in Rolesville, and Ruby Rogers, a married white woman, lived near the town. She reported being raped by a Black man on Oct. 30. According to The News & Observer and other newspapers at the time, Rogers said she was assaulted by a Black man who came into her