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Critically acclaimed author 

Heather Ann Thompson, a University 

of Michigan history professor, 

appeared Wednesday night on “The 

Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” 

where she discussed her research 

on mass incarceration in the United 

States and her new book, “Blood 

in the Water: The Attica Prison 

Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy.” 

Thompson is a finalist for the 

National Book Award and was 

named to 13 best books of 2016 lists 

by various publications. Her book 

received high praise from authors, 

professors and executives across the 

country.

“This is not an easy book to 

read — the countless episodes of 

inhumanity on these pages are 

heartbreaking,” the book’s review in 

The New York Times reads. “But it is 

an essential one.”

Thompson details the 1971 Attica 

prison riot at the Attica Correctional 

Facility in Attica, N.Y., to examine 

the history of mass incarceration and 

racial justice struggles in the United 

States dating back to the 1970s.

The landmark prisoners’ 

rebellion was sparked when inmates 

at the New York facility requested 

political rights and better living 

conditions. Almost half of the jail’s 

inmates rose up against the prison 

staff, taking 42 hostage.

After four days, prison 

authorities agreed to succumb to 

the prisoners’ demands. The riot 

ultimately left 43 people dead after 

state police arrived to retake the 

prison. Prisoners succeeded in 

shedding light on the conditions of 

prisons and correctional facilities but 

Thompson argues today, more than 

40 years after the riot, conditions 

remain poor.

“ ‘Blood in the Water’ tells of 

warning signs in 1971 that still exist 

more than forty years later,” writes 

Soffiyah Elijah, executive director 

of the Correctional Association of 

New York, in a review. “Heather 

Ann Thompson’s prophetic analysis 

is a sobering reminder that we must 

all care about what is happening to 

human beings behind prison walls.”

Thompson, a University alum, 

has conducted extensive research on 

examining the mass incarceration 

system in the United States. Her 

other publications include two 

articles: “Why Mass Incarceration 

Matters” and “How Prisons Change 

the Balance of Power in America,” 

both of which have been awarded 

media and journalism awards.

Thompson previously worked 

on the board of the Prison Policy 

Initiative and served on a National 

Academy of Sciences panel to study 

the effect of incarceration in the 

United States.

- ERIN DOHERTY

ON THE DAILY: SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH! 

EMILIE FARRUGIA/Daily

Ted London, Ross faculty member and Vice President of the Scale 
Impact Initiative at the William Davidson Institute, speaks at the Positive 
Links Speaker Series in Ross on Tuesday. 

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Night For Us: Colorful 
Soul

WHAT: Artists of color from 
the Ann Arbor area will preform 
half-hour sets with an open 
mike beginning at 10 p.m. The 
event will also have free soul 
food. 

WHO: Arts of Color in Ann 
Arbor 

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. 

WHERE: Canterbury House

Step Afrika!

WHAT: The first professional 
step-dance company will preform 
a variety of traditional African 
dances and styles practiced by 
historically Black fraternities and 
sororities. 

WHO: Office of Greek Life

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

WHERE: Lydia Mendelssohn 
Theatre

Houston, We Have a 
Problem!

WHAT: A screening of the 
2016 mockumentary by Riga 
Virc’s on America’s purchase of 
Yugoslavia’s space program

WHO: Center for Russian, East 
European & Eurasian Studies

WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

WHERE: UMMA

Werner Grilk Lecture in 
German Studies 

 

WHAT:Visiting Prof. Helmut 
Lethen will give a talk on 
Amsterdam 1964, or Magical 
Thinking in Cultural Studies

WHO: Department of Germanic 
Languages and Literatures 

WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 

WHERE: Rackham Graduate 
School, East Conference Room

Safety of Autonomous 
Vehicles: Technology and 
Policy 
WHAT: A discussion with UM 
professors on the challenges of 
putting autonomous vehicles on 
the road. 

WHO: Osher Lifelong Learning 
Institue

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m

WHERE: Rave Theater

Annual Pallas Lecture: 
Speaking Greek at the 
American University 

WHAT: Yiorgos Anagnostou, 
professor of Modern Greek 
at Ohio State University will 
discuss his research on Greek 
America. 

WHO: Modern Greek Program

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Angell Hall, Classics 
Library 

Artists Meet & Greet: 
Ann Arbor Art Center

WHAT: Alloy Studio founders 
Elize Jekabson, Jessica Tenbusch 
and Illana Houten discuss 
owning and operating an art 
studio in Ypsilanti. 

WHO: Ann Arbor Art Center
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE 117 W. Liberty 

Hank Willis Thomas: The 
Truth is I Love You 

WHAT: Thomas is a Brooklyn-
based photographer, whose 
work relates primarly to race 
and identity. He will delievering 
a lecture as part of the Art & 
Design speaker series. 

WHO: School of Art & Design

WHEN: 5:10 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan Theater

Thomas Gaborski

@tgaborski

Our new University President 
@RITtigers is an engineer, 
former Engr Dean at @
UMich, and freakishly tall like 
me. Sounds good! 

Andrew D. Martin
@ProfADM

Just dumped a bunch of 
hummus all over my suit. 
#LeadersAndBest #Fashion 

Kristi Johnson @KHagenJohnson
@UMich - The world 
does need victors. Time 
to organize with other 
universities against Trump’s 
war on science. 

Tizarat Gill

@tizarat

when you know you can’t look 
good for 2 days in a row so u 
gotta choose what event is 
more important to you

“We want to make sure we 

have students engaged, we 
want to make sure students 
are interested, and so we want 
to make sure students know 
what’s going on,” Oland said. 
“We found out that, through 
our 
interactions, 
students 

have no idea what’s coming 
up and so we really wanted to 
make sure we had a channel 
of communication and a way 
to 
get 
students 
involved, 

and 
knowledge 
of 
what’s 

happening.”

As an alum and former 

member 
of 
the 
University 

marching band, Oland said 
she feels a special connection 
to the University and the 
spirit 
she 
felt 
during 
her 

time as a student. Due to this 
connection, she led the group 
in participating in a number 
of activities, such as making a 
video about the bicentennial 
for the homecoming pep rally 
and passing out bagels and 
T-shirts in Mason Hall.

Nursing sophomore Olivia 

Darany said she thinks the 

amount of diverse perspectives 
on the committee aid benefits 
students.

“With both graduate and 

undergraduate 
students 

representing 
almost 
every 

school 
and 
college 
across 

campus, there’s a lot of great 
perspectives 
and 
always 

a lot of brainpower in the 
room,” 
Darany 
said. 
“Last 

semester we spent a lot of time 
brainstorming the best ways 
to 
disseminate 
information 

about the bicentennial, since 
we really just wanted to focus 
on getting the word out about 
what would be coming in 2017. 
Now that it’s officially the 
bicentennial 
year, 
meetings 

are 
more 
geared 
towards 

discussing the actual festivals 
and events and how to make 
sure they draw crowds and are 
memorable.”

Engineering 
senior 
Azia 

Harris-Martin 
further 

explained the importance of 
having a diverse committee, 
and how it inspired her to get 
involved with the planning of 
the bicentennial and ensure 
her voice was heard.

“I by no means speak for the 

Black population at Michigan, 
but wanted to ensure that the 

voice of people that look like 
me were at least represented,” 
she said. “Although this isn’t 
the bicentennial of the Black 
student at Michigan, I am a 
proud Wolverine and I am 
honored to have an impact on 

such a momentous occasion.”

The 
committee 
worked 

closely with faculty to plan 
numerous 
events 
for 
the 

upcoming year. Darany said 
she is most excited for the 
finale 
of 
the 
bicentennial 

celebration that is set to occur 
in the fall, and she highlighted 
interesting events, like a time 
capsule launch — organized 
by the Michigan Bicentennial 
Archive — happening before 
then.

“Something else really cool 

is being carried out by M-BARC 

— 
they’re 
recording 

thousands of interviews of 
current students and faculty 
and sending them all up to 
space in a time capsule,” 
Darany said. “But what I 
really can’t wait for is the 
finale of the bicentennial 
next fall. There’s going to 
be a huge expo in the Diag 
with exhibits that feature 
departments, 
schools 

and student orgs from all 
three campuses, and it’s 
all capped off by HAIL 
storm, which is a light show 
projected onto the facade of 
Rackham Hall.”

Faculty and students alike 

concluded it is important 
to acknowledge the role 
of students in shaping the 
University 
into 
what 
it 

stands for today, and make 
them feel included in the 
bicentennial celebration.

“The bicentennial is really 

about students,” Oland said. 
“Without students, we don’t 
have a university.”

BICENTENNIAL
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We want to make 

sure we have 

students engaged

