• The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: An interview with author Jim Hall Part 2

  • Mar 6 2025
  • Length: 27 mins
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The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: An interview with author Jim Hall Part 2

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  • Join us as we chat with Jim, author of "The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia," about the hidden histories of racial violence and love in the South. This episode uncovers the silences that have long overshadowed these stories. In 1932, a black man was found hanging on Rattlesnake Mountain in Fauquier County. A mob set fire to his body. Officials identified the remains as Shedrick Thompson wanted for the abduction and rape of a local white woman. Some claimed Thompson killed himself--the final act of a desperate fugitive. But residents knew better, calling the tragedy a lynching--the last one known in Virginia. Author Jim Hall takes an in-depth look at the events to expose a complex and disturbing chapter in Virginia history. Buy the book HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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