Beginning in 2021, James Madison University students in the Justice Studies program partnered with the Library's Making History project to make primary source materials which document racially motivated lynching in the commonwealth from 1866-1932 more accessible. The materials are now freely available through two digital projects. Read more in today's The UncommonWealth.
https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2023/09/13/documenting-lynching-in-virginia-a-transcription-project-at-james-madison-university/
Vincent T. Brooks
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Library of Virginia
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