Milwaukee, November 6: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising and Its Legacy

Hosted by Confronting Mass Incarceration

The 2017 Frank P. Zeidler Memorial Lecture, Monday, November 6, 2017 at 7:00 pm, in the Turner Hall Ballroom, 1038 N. 4th St.

Featuring HEATHER ANN THOMPSON
Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy,” which also was a finalist for the National Book Award and included on 14 “Best of 2016” lists. Dr. Thompson has also written extensively on the history of policing, mass incarceration, and the criminal justice system. This event will include a talk by Dr. Thompson, followed by an audience Q&A.

ALSO: Sunday, Nov 5 Panel Discussion, 3:00 pm: with WI experts on “What the State Hides: How Can Democracy Work Without the Facts?” Turner Hall, 1034 N. 4th St., MKE 53203; see https://www.facebook.com/events/830149300492621/ Panelists include defense atty. in State v. Avery (subject of famed Netflix “Making of a Murderer” series)