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.
January 23rd, 2019. Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, sponsored a Senate joint resolution asking the General Assembly to “acknowledge with profound regret the existence and acceptance of lynching within the Commonwealth and call for reconciliation among all Virginians.” As part of the...
November 12th, 2018. I'm delighted to announce that we have just added a new Essays section to the website. In this section, a variety of authors will contribute to our understanding of lynching in Virginia through their analyses of specific aspects of lethal mob violence in the Commonwealth. The...
April 4th, 2018. Kevin Hegg will deliver a presentation titled "Lynching In Virginia: Using Digital Tools To Tell Almost Forgotten Stories" at the Our (Digital) Humanity: Storytelling, Media Organizing and Social Justice Community Conference, which will take place at Lehigh University from April...