March 5, 2026 · University of North Carolina Press

White women, rape, and the power of race in Virginia, 1900-1960

Using 288 cases of black-on-white rape in Virginia from 1900-1960, Dorr challenges the traditional notion of black-on-white rape in Virginia, arguing that a white woman's report of rape by a black man did not inevitably result in his execution. Instead, black-on-white rape in Virginia from 1900-1960 was a more complex issue of race, gender, and class. Includes events occurring in Charlottesville.

Subject	Rape Rape in mass media
Creator	Lisa Lindquist Dorr
Source	University of North Carolina Press
Publisher	University of North Carolina Press
Date	2004

URL	https://books.google.com/books?id=QoKk9VvlIn8C&pg=PT307&lpg=PT307&dq=White+Women,+Rape,+and+the+Power+of+Race+in+Virginia,+1900-1960&source=bl&ots=gaOf8WS7ue&sig=SHu-1KGcvhSeOvEim2wybhrDNlM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSrL2rxdLNAhVB2oMKHUmYBe4Q6AEIazAP#v=onepage&q=White%20Women%2C%20Rape%2C%20and%20the%20Power%20of%20Race%20in%20Virginia%2C%201900-1960&f=false

Tags	race
Date Added	July 1, 2016
Date Modifed	October 17, 2017

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