Race and Reckoning in the Hudson River Valley: A Lynching at Port Jervis, 1892

Thursday, September 29, 2022 / 7:00 p.m.
The Nelly Goletti Theatre and online via Zoom

Philip Dray is the author of A Lynching at Port Jervis: Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age (2022) and a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America (2002). He teaches Journalism at the Eugene Lang College in New York City, has contributed to The New York Times, and has appeared extensively on radio and TV. His lecture will focus on Black life in the Hudson River Valley through the lens of the 1892 lynching of Robert Lewis in Port Jervis, NY.

You can watch this recorded presentation on HRVI's YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/2zgblaCDF5w

The Handel-Krom Lecture Series in Hudson River Valley History was established through the generosity of community leaders Shirley and Bernard Handel and Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert A. Krom, US Army, Retired, to promote knowledge of, and appreciation for, the rich history of this unique and important region of America.