The Conversation: Busboys and Poets Books Presents Silent Shore with Dr. Charles Chavis

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 6:00 PM EST

Busboys and Poets Books Presents Dr. Charles Chavis for the launch of his new book "The Silent Shore The Lynching of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State" Dr. Charles Chavis, Assistant Professor of History and Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, has written the definitive account of the lynching of 22-year-old Matthew Williams in Maryland in 1931. He meticulously explores the subsequent investigation of Mr. Williams’s murder and the legacy of “modern-day lynchings.”