Gwendolyn Ann "Gwen" Turnbough, age 40

Lost to gun violence on June 5, 1985 in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Photo sources:

The New Yorker: How “Memorial Drive” Tries to Make Sense of a Mother’s Murder
Los Angeles Times: 35 years after her mother's murder, a Black poet writes a monument
PEOPLE.com: Poet Natasha Trethewey Reckons With Her Mother's Murder and Growing Up Biracial in the South

News sources:

PEOPLE.com: Poet Natasha Trethewey Reckons With Her Mother's Murder and Growing Up Biracial in the South
Newspapers.com: Woman killed after sending police away (Gwendolyn Turnbough 1985) - Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com: Battered or threatened women need more help (Gwendolyn Turnbough 1985) - Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com: Grimmette pleads not guilty (Gwendolyn Turnbough 1985) - Newspapers.com
Los Angeles Times: 35 years after her mother's murder, a Black poet writes a monument
Newspapers.com: Study of domestic violence authorized by commission (Gwendolyn Turnbough 1985) - Newspapers.com
The New Yorker: How “Memorial Drive” Tries to Make Sense of a Mother’s Murder
Newspapers.com: Obituary for Gwendolyn Turnbough Grlmmette (Aged 40) - Newspapers.com

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