An Evening with Dr. Elmwood M. Beck: Lynching in the American South

AEIVA, UAB’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and the Jefferson County Memorial Project Present “An Evening with Professor EM Beck: Lynching in the American South.”

Dr. Elwood M. Beck, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, is one of the world’s leading scholars on the topic of lynching. Specifically, his research explores the political economy of racial violence, in particular, the relationship between social and economic change in the American South and violence against blacks. He has authored over 60 papers and is the co-author of A Festival of Violence: An Analysis of Southern Lynchings 1882-1930, a winner of the Social Science History Association President’s Book Award and other awards. He spent over four years compiling an inventory of threatened, failed, and averted lynchings; presently he is investigating factors influencing whether local authorities intervened to stop mob violence.

This event is presented in conjunction with AEIVA’s exhibition “Mary Frances Whitfield: Why?” NOW – NOV 23