UTC’s Department of History and the Africana Studies program announce the 2017 Bancroft Prize winner and 2016 National Book Award finalist Heather Ann Thompson of the University of Michigan will deliver the fourth annual Africana Studies Lecture next Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Derthick Hall 201.
Free and open to the public, Professor Thompson’s talk will focus on her critically acclaimed book Blood in the Water. "The first definitive history of the infamous 1971 Attica Prison Uprising, the state’s violent response, and the victims’ decades-long quest for justice, the book was published to coincide with the forty-fifth anniversary of the uprising. Blood in the Water finally reveals the full story of what really happened at Attica, and will completely reshape our understanding of this historic event,” officials said.
Questions may be directed to lecture co-organizer Mike Thompson (no relation to the speaker) at Michael-D-Thompson@utc.edu or 423-425-4565. Attendees in need of accommodations are invited to contact UTC’s Disability Resource Center at 423-425-4006.