Witness to Atrocity: Memory and Justice

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014 (1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701)

Join journalists Elon Green and Aran Shetterly as they track racial injustices from New York to North Carolina and explore the impact of tragedy on communities. In The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart’s New York, Green spotlights the life and murder of Michael Stewart as well as the prominent artists and community who rallied for justice, revealing the activism and creativity of the 1980s New York arts scene. In Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul, Shetterly highlights the revolutionary Greensboro march that devolved into massacre, activist Nelson Johnson’s struggle for reconciliation, and the city’s journey to rebuilding.
  • Books: The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York, Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City's Soul
  • Book Type: Non Fiction
  • Authors: Elon Green, Aran Shetterly
  • Moderator: Richard Reddick
  • Book Signing: 1:30 PM at The Main Book Signing Tent