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Look for me now in three parts on YouTube
Thanks to John Owens, a librarian at Lord Fairfax Community College in Warrenton, for filming my presentation there. Actually it was Jeremy Owens, John’s brother, who manned the camera for the Feb. 24 talk. So thanks to both. I wanted a recording of one of my talks, but I wanted something more than what you’d…
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Are you sure it was the last lynching?
The comment from an English teacher at Lord Fairfax Community College was one I had heard before. It went something like this: “This wasn’t the last lynching in Northern Virginia. There was another one that came later.” John Owens, a librarian at Lord Fairfax, reported the comment to me. John said that a teacher at…
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I was the evening’s entertainment but also a proud papa
Last Tuesday was the kind of day that resides in memory long after it’s lived. I went north that day to talk about The Last Lynching at All Souls Church in Washington. What made the evening memorable, however, was that my son Andrew Hall introduced me. One of the sponsors for the program thought that Andrew, a…
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The new year begins with an appearance in Washington
I was delighted to be invited to appear this month at the All Souls Church Unitarian in Washington. My son Andrew lives in Washington and has been a member of the church for several years. He thought that The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia and the talk I give about lynching in Virginia would fit…
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On Saturday, the road show arrives in Fauquier
This Saturday, May 13, brings two events of note. On Saturday afternoon I’ll give my first book talk in Fauquier County, and that night I’ll join Tom Davenport for the premiere of his film The Other Side of Eden. I’ve waited a long time for both events. The book talk will be at 1 p.m. at the…
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Jim Hall 