Episode 37 - The Story of Raymond Byrd and the Last Lynching in Virginia

In this episode we tell the story of Raymond Byrd who was murdered by a lynch mob on August 15th, 1926 and how his death led to Virginia's Anti-Lynching Law.

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Raymond Byrd and his Wife, Tennessee Hawkins

Minnie Grubb

Newspaper Headline

Raymond Byrd’s Grave

SOURCES

https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2016/05/16/shameful-chapter-virginia-history-lynchings/84470508/

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Lynching_in_Virginia#start_entry

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Vagrancy_Act_of_1866

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Raymond_Byrd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_F._Byrd

https://www.richmond.com/news/local/williams-virginia-has-a-dark-history-of-lynching-efforts-are-underway-to-bring-it-to/article_d1f629d3-4a5f-5aa7-9e6b-07e963c624fe.html

https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/memories-of-1925-lynching-linger-in-waverly/article_fdd4a998-fee4-5339-8b4c-7790f0ce7e49.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-keeper-of-the-secret/2019/03/30/bc1294aa-4fe4-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till