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 first published essay is ‘The Lynching of Shedrick Thompson‘ by journalist Jim Hall, author of the book “The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain”. In this essay, Hall describes the barbaric lynching of Shedrick Thompson in Fauquier County in 1932, and the following cover up by authorities to make it pass for a suicide. Other essays will be published in the next few months.
