Gianluca DeFazio

Is Virginia ready to apologize for lynching?

I applaud the efforts of Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan and others to pass a lynching resolution in this year’s General Assembly, but I’m not optimistic about their chances. McClellan, a Democrat, represents portions of the Richmond area in the Virginia Senate. She is also chair of the state’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission and
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Jim Hall

January 25, 2019

Archive, Lynching, Race Relations, Virginia History

Germanna Community College, Gianluca DeFazio, James Madison University, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission, Middle Potomac History Research Group, Richard Sanderson, Sen. Jennifer McClellan, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, Virginia General Assembly
New evidence of a change in how Thompson case is seen

I was delighted to learn recently that an essay I wrote has been published on a website I’ve long admired. The website, Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia, 1877-1927, is the creation of Gianluca DeFazio, an assistant professor in the Justice Studies Department at James Madison University in Harrisonburg. The site is a comprehensive, easy-to-use database,
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Jim Hall

November 19, 2018

Archive, Fauquier County, Va. History, Lynching, Race Relations, Rattlesnake Mountain the Book, Virginia History

Equal Justice Initiative, Fauquier County, Gianluca DeFazio, Henry Baxley, James Madison University, Mamie Baxley, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia, Shedrick Thompson, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia

Is Virginia ready to apologize for lynching?

New evidence of a change in how Thompson case is seen