Join us for lunch as Dr. Tracey Johnson investigates the query, How did a prison rebellion lead to a nationwide prison arts program?

In the wake of the 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion, a Black artist activist group called the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition (BECC) started a prison arts exchange to help ameliorate the conditions for incarcerated people. This talk will focus on the effectiveness and power of the educational and therapeutic effects of art.

Dr. Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Institute for African American Studies. She specializes in social movements, the history of education, urban and political history, and the history of Black art and artists.

Professor Johnson has taught classes on Modern African American History, African American Women's History, African American Art History and Museum Studies, and Art and Activism in the United States.

Students of all majors are welcome. 

Free pizza. This is an FYO event.

A Black History Month special presentation of the Lunchtime Time Machine.