Detroit ’67
A Conversation with Professor Heather Ann Thompson
Special Event at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation®
- August 14, 2017
- Time: 10:30 am
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the tumultuous summer of 1967 in Detroit, and The Henry Ford is collaborating with The Detroit Historical Society in its significant community engagement project, “Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward.”
As part of this collaboration, The Henry Ford is pleased to announce a conversation on featuring Professor Heather Ann Thompson. Professor Thompson offers a new perspective on Detroit’s slow-motion economic collapse in the decades following the 1967 uprising.
About the Panelists
 Professor Heather Ann Thompson, a University of Michigan history professor who lived in Detroit as a teenager and graduated from Cass Tech, is a nationally known expert on mass incarceration and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy.Copies of Whose Detroit?, by Heather Ann Thompson will be available for purchase. |
Ticket Prices
Parking is $6 per vehicle for nonmembers, free for members.Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
| Member | Nonmember | |
|---|---|---|
| Senior (62+) | Free | $28.75 |
| General Admission (12-61) | Free | $32.00 |
| Youth (5-11) | Free | $24.00 |
| Children (4 & Under) | Free | Free |
* Seasonal pricing will be in effect throughout the year. The pricing chart reflects the online discount price. There is an additional charge per ticket for purchases made on-site.
