December 16, 2021. Retired teacher, author and editor Steve Schlanger wrote an essay, Anatomy of Lynching, on the 1892 murder of William Young in Fluvanna County. In this essay, Dr. Schlanger relies on newspaper accounts and archival sources to examine how the lynching unfolded.
Members of the "Lynching in Virginia Curriculum Project" team presented their work at the 2021 Open Ed. Conference! See their pre-recorded presentation at the bottom of this post. Presentation title: Teaching Hard Histories for Racial Healing: The Lynching in Virginia Curriculum Project Speakers:...
August 5th, 2020. Today the Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia website has officially migrated to a new domain, with improved graphics and features! Check out the new Data Visualization tab and the expanded database, now including cases as far back as 1866.
August 23rd, 2019. Professor Gianluca De Fazio just published an article titled "Improving Lynching Inventories with Local Newspapers: Racial Terror in Virginia, 1877-1927", in which he discusses some of the findings of the Racial Terror project. The article appears in the latest volume of the...
July 31st, 2019. A new essay, ‘“Virginia’s Shame”: The 1891 Lynching of Three Black Miners in Clifton Forge, by JMU Professor Dolores Flamiano, is now available on the website. In this essay, professor Flamiano examines the role of lynching photographs in reinforcing lynching narratives in white...
May 17th, 2019. Professor Gianluca De Fazio was interviewed about the Racial Terror project by the Virginia Humanities Foundation. The interview was published online on May 3rd, 2019 as part of the radio program 'With Good Reason'. You can listen to the whole episode dedicated to explore American...
April 10th, 2019. The Museum of Culpeper History invited Professor Gianluca De Fazio to deliver a talk on the “Racial Terror: Lynchings in Virginia, 1877-1927” project. The event will take place at the Culpeper Baptist Church on Friday, April12th at 5:30PM.
March 6th, 2019. On March 9, 2019, Professor Gianluca De Fazio will present a paper at the CRDH Conference at George Mason University in Arlington, VA. The paper, titled “Improving Lynching Inventories with Local Newspapers: Racial Terror in Virginia, 1877–1927”, discusses some of the findings of...
January 30th, 2019. On March 18, Professor Gianluca De Fazio will deliver a lecture at UVa-Wise in Wise, VA, as part of the Black History Month Lecture Series. His talk on "Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia and its Legacy" will take place at 1PM in the SSC Rhododendron Room.